Austin, Texas, residents Neal Longwill and Kevin Jackson have spent the past 10 months building two Lancair Evolutions. On Wednesday, October 19, both aircraft took flight for the first time in Redmond, Oregon. Longwill and Jackson built the Evo kits side-by-side in a rented hangar at KRDM, having temporarily relocated to Redmond. They were close [...]

Lycoming General Manager, Michael Kraft, announced yesterday that development of the IE2 FADEC system has reached the point where Lancair, which is the first customer for the TEO-540, 350-horsepower engine, can begin taking orders for the firewall-forward package. According to Lancair personnel, the engine/FADEC package price is $115,000, plus, of course, the rest of the [...]

Lancair International announced today that Gene Wolstenholme is the new majority owner. Previous owner, Joe Bartels, has resigned his position as President and CEO, but will remain a minority owner of the company. According to a press release today, Wolstenholme will bring “new operating capital and a new management team.”

When a Lancair IV-P lost power, began leaking oil over the windscreen and eventually landed on a Florida beach, the subsequent crash set off a surprising chain of events. The pilot’s calm under fire has been overshadowed by the freakish outcome of the forced landing; a runner on the beach was struck and fatally injured [...]

Lancair International announced today that it is changing the pricing strategy on its Evolution kit aircraft. Because both the turbine and piston aircraft are the same aft of the firewall, the company has settled on a single price for the firewall-aft portion of the kit. According to the company, your $495,000 for the Evolution firewall-aft [...]

Kitplanes talks to Lancair’s Joe Bartels about the development of the piston-powered Evolution kitbuilt and other company news.