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A un lado todos
Para Rick Schrameck, CEO de Epic, luego del primer
vuelo su frase favorita es: “¡Que se hagan a un lado
los VLJ!”, luego de ver que el Victory de pruebas subió
hasta los 14,000 pies y sólo necesitó 457 metros de
pista para aterrizar suavemente. En este vuelo expe-
rimental el avión llevó un equipo de aviónica Garmin
900, pero se espera que en lo sucesivo los nuevos VLJ
lleven un sistema Garmin G1000.
Pero esta no es la primera ocasión que Epic hace
una demostración tecnológica con sus jets. En 2003
Schrameck realizó un anuncio similar durante la feria
AirVenture en Oshkosh, donde mostró los conceptos
artísticos del llamado Epic LT. Doce meses después,
en 2004, voló la nave en AirVenture.
Schrameck espera que al menos seis jets Victory
sean entregados a los clientes antes de terminar el
año, con la siguiente aclaración: “Éste no es un precio
promocional o un precio en dólares de 2002 como
hemos visto en otros jets. Es el precio actual del
Victory”.
Everybody Move Over!
For Rick Schrameck, Epic’s CEO, after the maiden
flight, his favorite saying was “All other VLJs move
aside!”, after seeing the Victory climb to 14,000
feet and only needed 457 meters of runway to land
softly. On this test flight, the aircraft carried
aboard the Garmin 900 avionics team, although it
is expected that the new VLJs will be equipped
with the Garmin G1000 system.
But this is not the first occasion that Epic puts
on a technological demonstration with its jets. In
2003, Schrameck made a similar announcement
during the AirVenture fair in Oshkosh, where he
showed the artistic concepts of the so-called Epic
LT. Twelve months later, in 2004, he flew the plane
at AirVenture.
Schrameck expects that at least six Victory jets
will bedelivered to clients by the endof theyear, with
the following clarification, “This is not a promotional
priceor a2002dollarprice thatwehaveseenfor other
jets, this is the actual price of theVictory”.
Technical Data
SPECIFICATIONS
Seats
4 o 5
Pressurization
6.5 psi
Engine
1, Pratt &Whitney Series FJ-33-4A
DIMENSIONS
Length
33.4 ft
Wingspan
36.3 ft
Height
10.7 ft
Cabin Lenght
4.7 ft
Cabin Width
4.4 ft
WEIGHT
Unladen
2,700 lb
Maximum Take off Weight
2,700 lb
Maximum Cargo Weight
5,500 lb
PERFORMANCE
Maximum Cruising Speed
320 knots
Economic Cruising speed
250 nudos
Ceiling
28,000 ft
Time to Ceiling
28,000 ft / 10 min
Economic Cruising range
1,200 mn
STRATEGIC PARTNER
With a jet like the Victory in its
model range, Epic is seeking to
make it the favorite and is there-
fore recently entered into a stra-
tegic associationwith the Indian
multi-millionaire Vijay Mallya,
with whom the company will be
able to accelerate the launch
process into the certified market
of the company’s growing line of
aircraft, as well as strengthening
its relationships with clients
and vendors all over the world.
Mallya is the owner and operator
of Kingfisher Airlines, the main
private Indian Airline, and is
also the CEO of United Breweries
Group, a multinational conglom-
erate of more than 60 compa-
nies.
“This is a great alliance”, added
Schrameck. “Vijay has already
appointed Airbus (the commer-
cial aircraft builder) to act as
consultant for our certification
programs.”
Epic has recently achieved an
unprecedented sales increase by
accepting order reservations
equivalent to more than US$ 23
million at the Fly-in the Sun’n
Fun event in April this year and
has achieved aircraft sales for
another $40 million just three
months later at AirVenture in
Hoscos, in Wisconsin.
