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The model earned its FAA type certification in 2021.

The model underwent several years of extensive testing prior to gaining approval.

Fly along on our extended demo mission in the updated single-engine turboprop.

The turboprop market segment offers an enticing blend of speed, utility, and approachability for the pilot wanting to fly their own aircraft.

Epic Fuels will provide the fuel for what Boeing says is the largest SAF procurement by an airframe manufacturer.

This fireside chat recap is from FLYING’s “What’s Next in General Aviation” Virtual Event on Wednesday. FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: How Epic Aircraft CEO Doug King focuses his company’s culture on their passion for aviation. DETAILS: FLYING’s Thom Patterson talks with CEO Doug King about Epic Aircraft’s original E1000 single-engine turboprop, which won FLYING’s 2020 Innovation […]

On the heels of the certification of Epic Aircraft’s E1000 GX, the Bend, Oregon-based company announced that it is expanding its service center network, adding Broadie’s Aircraft—an FAA Part 145 repair station—as a partner to provide maintenance services for the single engine turboprop. Based at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (KFTW), a Class D airport […]

An elite collection of aircraft and products have earned our highest level of commendation, the Flying Innovation Award, chosen for the Editors’ Choice Awards by our team—and debuting in the March 2020 issue of Flying. Last year at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, we announced that Gulfstream’s G500 business jet secured the 2019 Flying Innovation […]

New turboprop aircraft are one of the most exciting market segments for 2020 and beyond, with plenty of innovation being delivered in current and future models. While the General Aviation Manufacturers Association reported 525 turboprop shipments in 2019—down from the 601 turboprop units delivered in 2018—new models and upgrades to existing models point to continued interest from […]

The journey to type inspection authorization can move in fits and starts for a manufacturer, so when that momentous piece of paper is granted to an organization, a certain amount of celebration’s in order. Epic Aircraft announced today it has passed this critical milestone on the road to type certification on the E1000. CEO Doug […]