Just when you think everything is going well it all goes wrong. It is literally one of a kind and it is now a prisoner of war. What is it? The new Epic Elite Very Light Jet (VLJ) out of the Bend, Oregon facility is now in Tbilisi in Georgia.
The problems Georgia and Russia are having has trapped the aircraft in a hangar with no hope of an early exit as there are now too many holes in the runway for a successful take off. Why Tbilisi? Well Epic and the Tbilisi Aerospace Manufacturing Company (TAM) are partners in the production of the Elite which is to be certified first in Russia. The aircraft was coming to the end of a tour of Europe when it arrived in Tbilisi.
The chance of it making the proposed visits to Farnborough and Oshkosh are not likely considering the position it finds itself in at the moment. But on the other side of the coin the people who have the aircraft are very keen to keep it in good condition, so all are hoping for a happy outcome to the problem.
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