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Epic Aircraft announced at Oshkosh this week that it had completed all of its internal flight testing leading up to certification and has received its type inspection authorization. That means the Epic has passed the last hurdle before the FAA begins its flight-test review.

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Here's a video of my flight training on the Martin "Hawaii" Mars seaplane, preparing me for our long flight to Oshkosh 2016. With the live cockpit audio, you'll get a great overview of the procedures for prepping and flying this awesome craft. You'll see the check lists for pre-start, engine start, take-off, water pick-up, water drop and landing.

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#AirVenture #Osh16 broke records for attendance: 500,000+ people and 10,000+ planes flying in; but due to a literal perfect storm, 2,000 of them tried to fly in all at the same time on Sunday afternoon – and we were filming.

Oshkosh 2017 is rich with bombers. We took a detailed tour inside the venerable B-52, covering both the cockpit (upstairs) and the weapons systems (downstairs).