Epic E1000 officially certified by FAA

[Seth]

I wasn't sure if this would actually happen and then at Oshkosh this year I felt it may occur.  Congrats to Epic and the E1000.  They say they have 80 orders.  It's kind of an in between size wise of the PC-12 and TBM.  Larger than a TBM, same 6 seats, much smaller than the PC-12, and thus faster. 

One tiny touch I liked is that when sitting in the mock up at Oshkosh, the armrest on the pilot left side had a button near the left thumb (again on the armrest) so that when you get a call from ATC, you can without reaching up to the control wheel (as it's on autopilot at that point) click your thumb and chat.  Neat very small but well thought out feature.  Natural placement for our Mooney's is on the yoke.  I can see other aircraft adding this feature (and I know some of the larger metal already does).

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-Seth