Meet The Team

Design and Fabrication lead at CTech Manufacturing. Dave has over 40 years of experience in experimental aircraft and aviation; built two airplanes from scratch (one was a national award winner), and serves as a Technical Counselor for the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Steve Lange has been connected to airplanes and machining his entire life. As a Journeyman Machinist with over 40 years of industry experience, Steve spends his days programming, setting up, and running the Haas UMC750 5-Axis Mill at Modern Manufacturing International of Wausau, Wisconsin, and helping other operators develop their skills.  Evenings and weekends, you’ll find Steve running Learn Build Fly’s Trump CNC mill and Fortune manual lathe as well as teaching machining classes for youth and adults. Steve has designed and built several specialty tools at Learn Build Fly, including our fiber laser, and custom parts for our Wittman Legacy aircraft, including billet aluminum Lycoming rocker arm covers. Other interests that Steve enjoys sharing with Learn Build Fly participants include model rockets and cannons.

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Casey has over 30 years of flying experience flying Cessna 172’s, Piper Warriors, Cirrus SR22’s, and most recently the Cirrus Vision Jet SF50. He is a mechanical engineer, and owner of Wynn Jones & Associates, the leading supplier of laboratory cabinets in the Midwest.

A retired utility employee, Bob brings over 35 years of operations and management experience in fossil, hydro and nuclear operations and maintenance including combustion turbines. 

His hobbies include woodworking, metal working, old cars and airplanes, fabrication and machining.

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