in the spotlight
Neibauer’s first aircraft, the Lancair 200, was test
flown on June 26, 1984, in Chino, California. In 1994,
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art displayed
a Lancair in its lobby as a design work of art. Other
honors he has received are the August Raspet Memorial
Award for the advancement of light aircraft design from
the EAA; Top Ten U.S. Designers/Engineers, Designer
News; President’s Award, Light Aircraft Manufacturers
Association; Top Ten Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneur
Magazine; and numerous others.
Neibauer has been president and CEO of Neico
Aviation Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of kit
aircraft; Lancair International Inc., the distributor for
the product line; Advanced Composite Technologies,
a Philippine manufacturing company formed to build
composite components and preassemble kits; and
Pacific Aviation Composites LLC,
which was the first company to
design and certify a new generation
of general aviation four-seat aircraft
in more than 30 years. All of his
companies were sold in 2003, and
the Lancair legacy remains today,
as an advanced composite line of
Cessna Aircraft Company.
Roy Pinner – EAA Ultralights
Inductee
Roy Pinner started in aviation as
an 8-year-old playing with a rubber
band-powered balsa model airplane.
He worked his way up to radio-
controlled models, finally designing
and building his own model aircraft
in his late 20s for competition. In
1977, he competed in the United
States Radio Control Aerobatic
Masters Tournament. During a ski
trip that year, he saw a powered
hang glider flying around nearby.
Roy Pinner
