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Epic Aircraft Founder Apparently Nowhere to Be
Found
Where's our Lancair friend and Epic innnovator Rick Schrameck?
I've always admired his efforts and his airplane design, and have
visited the factory several times and flown the Epic LT.
Jeff L
http://www.flyingmag.com/news/1681/epic-aircraft-founder-apparently-nowhere-to-be-found.html
Epic Aircraft
Founder Apparently Nowhere to Be Found
By Mark Phelps
8/14/2009
The factory in Bend, Oregon is
locked up, and the company that had made its presence felt loud and
clear at EAA AirVenture over the past several years was conspicuous by
its absence in 2009. And Epic Aircraft founder, chairman and CEO Rick
Schrameck has not made himself available for comment. According to a
report, Epic LT kit buyer Rich Lucibella said there are as many as a
dozen partially finished kits locked behind the doors at the Epic
factory. Lucibella has filed a lawsuit against Epic, claiming they owe
him an engine for his aircraft. Epic's workshop is set up as a
builder-assistance center, in which kit buyers can construct their
aircraft under the auspices of the company. Such facilities have come
under FAA scrutiny over their interpretation of the so-called 51%
rule‹a code that dictates the owner/builder must complete more than
half the work of building the airplane.
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