Not every aircraft manufacturer gets to become legends so to speak because not everyone gets to actually deliver what the world of aviation is in need of or is looking for. Some may come with designs that give flyers ease in handling however not as much performance while others may actually come up with more sophisticated designs yet be without practicality. Because of this it rarely happens that an aviation manufacturer actually gets to find aviation greatness.

Greatness does not come overnight but rather over time of great lengths of pursuit for perfection. A sort of €trial and error€ until you actually get to be where there is no reason to complain about. In aviation, Columbia Aircraft has been known to never cease in its pursuit for aviation greatness and indeed this is one quest that they will never regret ever getting themselves into €" to think that this started about more than two decades ago to date.

Who would ever think that this aviation manufacturer would be a great name in the manufacturing of light general aviation aircraft where it only started with the dream of an individual by the name of Lance Neibauer. Yes, it was in the early 1980s that this fellow started to dream and aim high for the aircrafts. It wasn't enough for him that aircrafts come in wonderful designs but that every single one should also be able to live up to the flyer's expectations in terms of speed, ease in handling and over-all performance. Even when Neibauer was a graphic designer by profession he has taken into his hands the potential and the capability to better the aircrafts that already existed back then. For him, aircrafts should be modern high-performance ones and be with technological edge apart from only looking the part.

Even when the response of his fellow aviators came as tremendously positive after his first design, he knew that more could be achieved. For the founder of Columbia Aircraft what should be done is the accomplishment of what you may call as €form meeting function€. It is in this principle that he has anchored his dream to pursue aviation greatness and neither he nor the aviation public was disappointed. Neibauer became the founder of Lancair which is perhaps one of the most successful companies when we speak of the vibrant kit aircraft industry.

The line of aircraft that Columbia was able to come up with and introduce to the public is indeed with the highest level of standard features. You ought to know that some of their designs even came with innovative options that are made available only on Columbia aircraft. You may even say that their aircrafts came with €value-added€ features the likes of illuminated steps, and push button flight management system.