Exhibit 10.4


                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

         WHEREAS, EPIC Aviation, LLC, an Oregon limited liability company
("EPIC"), and Ronson Aviation, Inc., a New Jersey corporation ("Ronson") entered
into a Loan Agreement dated as of May 30, 2007 (the "Agreement");

         WHEREAS, Ronson desires to enter into a Business Loan Agreement (the
"Bank Loan") with Bank of the West (the "Bank") for a loan in the original
principal amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), plus interest and
other amounts due pursuant to the Bank Loan (the "Indebtedness");

         WHEREAS, it is a condition to the closing of the Bank Loan that EPIC
execute a Commercial Guaranty in favor of the Bank (the "EPIC Guaranty"),
pursuant to which EPIC will absolutely and unconditionally guarantee full and
punctual payment and satisfaction of the Indebtedness of Ronson to the Bank and
the performance and discharge of all of Ronson's obligations to the Bank under
the Bank Loan and related documents; and

         WHEREAS, it is a condition to EPIC's execution of the EPIC Guaranty
that Ronson agree to amend the Agreement as set forth in this First Amendment;

         NOW THEREFORE, EPIC and Ronson hereby agree that the Agreement is
amended as follows:

         1.       A new paragraph is added to Section 1 of the Agreement, after
                  the second paragraph of the current Section 1, as follows:

                  In the event that EPIC is required to pay any amounts to the
                  Bank pursuant to the EPIC Guaranty, then such amounts shall be
                  considered Loan Advances hereunder.

         2.       The first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 1 of the
                  Agreement is revised in its entirety to read as follows:

                  In addition to other remedies provided by law, if RONSON: (a)
                  terminates the Fuel Purchase Contract (this and all further
                  references to the Fuel Purchase Contract shall be deemed to
                  include the amendments incorporated into that contract by the
                  Amendment to the Fuel Purchase Contract executed as of May 30,
                  2007) for any reason (voluntarily or involuntarily); or (b)
                  breaches the Fuel Purchase Contract in any material respect;
                  or (c) breaches the Bank Loan; or (d) RONSON agrees to any
                  amendment of the Bank Loan without first obtaining the prior
                  written consent of EPIC; or (e) takes or omits to take any
                  other action that causes the Bank to exercise its rights
                  against EPIC pursuant to the EPIC Guaranty (each a "Triggering
                  Event"), then EPIC shall have no further obligation to advance
                  any additional funds to RONSON and RONSON shall repay to EPIC
                  the entire Loan Advance balance of all funds advanced by EPIC
                  to RONSON under this Agreement (including but not limited to
                  any amounts paid by EPIC to the Bank pursuant to the EPIC
                  Guaranty) that have not been repaid according to the terms
                  below, together with accrued interest (the "Default Repayment
                  Amount") within ten (10) days of EPIC's written demand for
                  payment thereof.

         3.       Section 10 of the Agreement is amended by adding the following
                  to the end of the section:

                  c.       RONSON breaches the Bank Loan;

                  d.       RONSON agrees to any amendment of the Bank Loan
                           without first obtaining the prior written consent of
                           EPIC; or

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                  e.       RONSON takes or omits to take any other action that
                           causes the Bank to exercise its rights against EPIC
                           pursuant to the EPIC Guaranty.

         4.       A new Section 21 is added to the Agreement as follows:

                  21. RONSON shall not amend the Bank Loan without the prior
                  written consent of EPIC, which consent may be withheld in
                  EPIC's sole discretion.


         Unless otherwise expressly provided in this First Amendment, all
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Agreement. Except as specifically set forth in this First Amendment, the terms
of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

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                                SIGNATURE PAGE -
                        FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to
be effective as of November __, 2007. This Amendment may be executed by
facsimile and/or in counterparts.

EPIC AVIATION, LLC                       RONSON AVIATION, INC.


By _____________________________         By ____________________________
                                            Louis V. Aronson II
                                            President & Chief Executive Officer

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