Lancair International, Inc. | Introduction
Introduction
2244 Airport Way
Redmond, Oregon 97756
U.S.A.
Telephone: (541) 923-2244
Fax: (541) 923-2255
Web site: http://www.lancair-kits.com
Private Company
Incorporated: 1991
Employees: 70
Sales: $15 million (2004 est.)
NAIC: 336411 Aircraft Manufacturing
Lancair International, Inc. (pronounced "Lance air") is a leading manufacturer of kit planes. The company has sold about 1,900 kits in 34 countries; hundreds of these sporty aircraft have been completed and are flying. Lancair International takes orders for an average of 100 kits per year, at $100,000 or so each.
The company developed in the 1980s as advances in composites materials technology met a void in the market when conventional aircraft manufacturers stopped producing smaller planes. Bringing the two together was company founder Lance Neibauer, who combined his talents in both visual design and his passion for aviation to shape fiberglass into a masterpiece. The Lancair 320 has even been featured in an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Lancair International, the kit plane manufacturer, is a separate company from The Lancair Company of Bend, Oregon, which produces fully completed aircraft. (The two were both founded by Lance Neibauer.)