Transportation Services Consulting

Professional Services for the Lancair Builder

Charlie Kohler asks:

Are you building or buying a Lancair IV?

Do you need:

• A Lancair Maintenance Inspection? (Pre-Test Flight, Pre-Buy-, Insurance)

• A Lancair IV experienced Test Pilot?

• A Lancair & Insurance Company Authorized Flight Instructor?

• A Designated Airworthiness Representative that knows your plane to issue the Airworthiness Certificate and Operating Limitations?

  • If possible, giving a 100 NM test flight radius for Phase I Flight testing.

  • Issuing latest Operating Limitations that allow IFR & Densely Populated - Congested Airways operations.

  • Self re-certification after Major change or alteration.

• Insurance Company mandated initial/recurrency checks?

• A Condition/Phase inspection?

Do You Want Someone Who is:

• An experienced Lancair IV builder & owner.

• An experienced A&P who has overhauled his TSIO 550 to set your fuel system up and check your installation?

• Able to provide complete Approved Maintenance Program for Walter Turbine installations.

• A past EAA-SportAirs' Lancair instructor.

• Instructed BOTH of his sons to a private pilots license.

• Inspected-certified-test flown over 140 Lancair IV's, Legacy's and ES's with safe and confident pilots.

• Want some answers to frequently asked questions by potential customers?

Qualifications and Affiliations

 

The following information is offered for insurance purposes regarding the testing and training in an Continental powered amateur built Lancair IV - ES.

 

FAA certificates:

• FAA Designated Airworthiness Representative 

• Authorized to issue FAA Airworthiness Certificates for Experimental airplanes.

• Airline Transport Pilot, AMEL B-727 (Comm'l Single Eng.)

• Certified Flight Instructor (CFII ASMEL)

• Mechanic, Airframe and Powerplant

• Flight Engineer, Recip. and Turbojet

Authorizations & Qualifications:

• Lancair Authorized Test, Training(HPAT), Demonstration Pilot.

• Lancair Authorized Maintenance Inspector.

• EAA -- SportAir Instructor (Lancair)

• Insurance Co. Authorized Inspector

• Insurance Co. Authorized Training pilot.

• Continental Authorized Fuel System Setup 

• Retired (26yr) USAFR. (Flight Engineer C-124 C-141)

• Retired National Airlines/Pan-American World Airways (Flight Engineer B-727- B-747)

• Total Flight Hours 29000:00 (Approx.- all seats.) (C-124 DC-6 DC-7 C-141 B-727 B-747)

• Light Aircraft 7000:00 (PIC)

• Lancair IV 4800:00 (My IV has 2000 hours)

• Built Lancair IV-P (N100DQ) 

• Build Team Leader (of Three) of Original Lancair ES

• Engine overhaul (3)- Continental TSIO 550

Call or email today for information or to schedule a consultation.