I’m long overdue in sharing the photo journey of my very own Lancair Legacy kit airplane!
I built the plane over a 2-year period and worked with some of the finest aviation craftsman on the planet along the way.
I enhanced this plane with built-in Oxygen for high altitude flying and could cruise at 270 mph at 17000’. It had a retractable landing gear and could stay aloft for 3.5 hours at 270 mph.
![](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lancair-legacy-kit-build-tony-moradian.jpg)
Also, with the GRT Avionics installed, Melissa is starting the interior work. This airplane didn’t have any conventional circuits breakers. Instead, I decided on Vertical Power Solid State power control system.
![:ancair vertical power solid state control system](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vertical-power-solid-state-control-system.jpg)
Here is our journey to painting the entire plane:
First things first: custom protection for all of the plane’s windows:
![Lancair plane windows](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lancair-plane-windows.jpg)
Next step: sanding and prepping! Pictured are the carbon fiber top and bottom cowls, sanded, shaped and ready to be primed and painted by the master himself: Steve Green.
![Lancair plane sanding painting](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lancair-plane-sanding-painting.jpg)
With the control surfaces off, taping and laying out the striping to depict the water energy on the side of the fuselage. The final scheme came out beautifully!
![Tony Moradian Lancair Fuselage](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tony-moradian-lancair-fuselage.jpg)
![Tony Moradian Lancair build progress](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/tony-moradian-lancair-build.jpg)
Wet sanding the stripes after the paint – Steve Green does such amazing work!
![Steve Green Lancair Project painting](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/steve-green-lancair-project-painting.jpg)
The finished plane!
![Finished project - Tony Moradian Lancair Plane kit](https://tonymoradian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lancair-kir-tony-moradian.jpg)
It was a wonderful project. This airplane is highly modified for the Reno Air races in the sports class: https://airrace.org
Many thanks to:
- Airframe finish and engine installation: RDD Enterprises, Redmond, Oregon
- Paint Design: Don Barnes
- Paint Finishing: Steve Green (Medford Oregon)
- Avionics: Aerotronic,
- Avionics Installation: Jon Hadlick, #airsystems15
Enjoy more photos of my restorations and aviation exploits on my Flickr page.