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Monday, September 1, 2008

Epic LT: King Kong Turboprop


Rick Schrameck’s single-engine turboprop has incredible power, performance and payload—and it’s a homebuilt

Bill Cox, Photos By James Lawrence
EpicNearly 30 years ago, I spent several days at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, participating in a Red Flag exercise and flying the amazing F-15 Eagle with Lieutenant Colonel Timothy O’Keefe, veteran fighter pilot and then-commander of the 433rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. For a general aviation pilot, the F-15 experience was an eye-opener into the world of the ultimate fighter, an exercise in maximum speed and seemingly limitless power.

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