Epps Aviation starts with 19 employees and one hangar. Epps expands aircraft maintenance and leases Hangar 2 in November

1965

Epps buys out competitor, Chamblee Aviation & establishes Flight School.

1968

Epps leases land from DeKalb County and builds 22 T-hangars.

1969

Charter Department opens at Epps Aviation.

1971

Built new terminal & Hangar 4 & 10 T-hangars. NBAA holds annual convention at PDK. Epps Aviation is host FBO.

1979

Epps Aviation begins flight training for the handicapped.

1981

Epps builds Hangar 5.

1982

Epps builds Hangar 7, 8 and eight additional T-hangars.

1983

Epps builds new road, Aviation Way.

1989

Epps builds Hangar 3 and new turbine maintenance hangar. Upon its completion in 1991, hangar is named in honor of Maintenance Manager Reese Munch.

1990

Epps Aviation Avionics department installs its first GPS.

Pat Epps co-leads the Greenland Expedition Society's retrieval of icebound Lockheed P-38 Lightning (1st expedition to recover P-38 in 1981, success on 7th expedition).

1992

National Business Aircraft Association's 46th Annual Convention held at PDK

Epps Aviation pilot Dennis Magdon honored by FAA for Bravery in the Air at 10th Annual Awards Ceremony

First Young Eagle Rally at Epps Aviation. EAA established this program to let children experience the joy of flight.

1993

Pat Epps participates flying Don Brooks' C-47 with 26 WWII paratroopers in the 50th anniversary of D-Day Invasion Remembered, France.

1994

Epps Aviation participates in Special Olympics Airlift.

1995

Epps Aviation becomes the Authorized Sales & Service Center for Pilatus.

Atlanta hosts 1996 Summer Olympics.

1996

Epps builds Hangar 6.

Epps Aviation Charter continues government contract hauling freight.

1999

Pat Epps performs in his aerobatic Bonanza, N8176R, at the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI.

2000

Epps Aviation becomes an Authorized Factory Service Center for Cirrus.

Formal Non Destructive Inspection program is established. Aircraft teardown work on P-3. S-3, C-130 and F-22.

Glacier Girl, P-38 returns to flight on October 22

2002

Epps Aviation celebrates its 40th Anniversary at PDK on May 26.

Pat Epps performs 2nd time at EAA's Air Venture

2005

Sept 25, Pat Epps receives the John P "Jack" Doswell award during the NBAA Convention in Atlanta. NBAA Chairman, Ken Emerick (left) and NBAA President, Ed Bolen (right) recognizing Epps for his lifelong dedication to general aviation and volunteer work.

2007