The Epic Victory VLJ
The Epic Victory was the second experimental jet designed by Epic Aircraft, a company that was based in Bend, Oregon. While Epic Aircraft was closed in 2009, its assets were acquired through bankruptcy by Aviation Industry Corporation of China and LT Builders Group who restarted production of the Victory in July of 2010. The Victory is a single engine very light jet that was intended to be powered by a single Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600. Epic used the Williams FJ33 engine for testing but planned to switch to the PW600 for final production. The aircraft seats 4 to 5, including the pilots, in a 2+2 or a 2+1+2 configuration. The aircraft took Epic only 6 and a half months to design from concept to a flying prototype, with the first flight on 6 July 2007 from Roberts Field in Redmond, Oregon. The company had intended that the jet would be available for less than US$1 million dollars. The aircraft was displayed at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 2007.
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