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Steve Lorentzen - Owner of Aerodynamics LLC

Steve was Project Manager on the Lancair IV Prototype. The prototype Lancair N409L was given that N number because of the lyrics of the song Lance Neibauer was listening to on the way to the hanger that day, “409” by the Beach Boys. This airplane went on to be the first to break the 300 mph mark and win the Sun 60 race at the Sun-N-Fun Airshow. As Lancair further developed the Lancair IV model, Steve was very instrumental in the development of the Lancair IV-P Pressurized and developed the lay out of the Firewall and Engine Fastbuild, still being offered by Lancair today. Before leaving Lancair, Steve was Project Manager on the Lancair Legacy which was turbo normalized with a Lycoming IO-360. This same aircraft was also the first one in it class to be another Reno Race Grand Champion and record holder. Steve seen the Legacy from drawings, to tooling, to molds and then to the flying prototype in just over 7 months. Three of the months were the actual building of the plane! Over the course of 12 years Steve had made it a personnel goal of learning and working in every department of the Lancair kit company, including: Tooling, Research & Development, Inventory, Composite Shop, Avionics, Aircraft Maintenance and Sales. Steve designed the crates to ship kits as well as the vertical storage system, used to inventory the kits.

Since leaving Lancair Steve has assisted with other general aviation projects and prototypes. Steve’s experience and knowledge as well as his experienced staff have given Aerodynamics LLC the reputation it deserves.

Jay Gilbert - Builder Assist Department

Jay has worked with Aerodynamics LLC since 2002. From builders assistance, to aircraft layups, bodywork and fabrication of aircraft parts, Jay is qualified! He has worked on building all Lancair kits and most recently a Maverick Twinjet and Viperjet's. He is also very well trained at Research and Development along with tooling for plugs and molds. He is very thorough when it comes time for the final assembly of any aircraft.

As a research and development technician for the Lancair kit company from 1992 to 1995, he worked on numerous projects including the Lancair IV-P door development. As the research and development shop supervisor for the certified Lancair Company (now Cessna) he was involved in the wing, fuel cell, fuselage structural and fatigue testing along with the building of the proto-type aircraft for the certified Lancair Columbia. He also has supervised and performed modifications for the final assembly of the Eric Lindbergh aircraft, used to trace his grandfather's flight to Paris.

Daniel McCreary - Builder Assist Department

Daniel has worked in our builder assist shop since February 2006. Daniel also specializes in lay-ups, aircraft wiring, body work and fabrication of aircraft parts. He has also been creative in designing tooling and molds. Daniel has worked on Lancair Legacy kits, Lancair IV-P kit, and two Viperjet's along with a Rocket Racer for the Rocket Racing League. Daniel only knows the highest of quality as we have trained him from the ground up.