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Mike Lents teaches and flight instructs as an Associate Professor of Aviation at the University of North Dakota specializing in Aerodynamics, Aircraft Systems, Human Factors and Aerobatics. He started flying aerobatics in 2003. After years of teaching, coaching, and competing, he started flying airshows in 2018.
A Master-CFI of Aerobatics since 2013, he has coached the UND Aerobatic Team to 12 National Collegiate Championships. In 2018, Mike Lents represented Team USA flying a Panzl S-330 at the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Strejnic, Romania. Placing 5th in the World, he led the Team in points to a second place team finish. In 2023, Mike competed for Team USA in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mike Lents won IAC Nationals in the Intermediate Category flying a Super Decathlon in 2021. He’s podiumed in Advanced in 2023 and 2025 and is known for extracting maximum performance from a variety of different aircraft on the competition circuit.
Known for his involvement with the UND Aerocast and specializing in flying the American Champion Aircraft Super Decathlon with thousands of hours in type, he continues to teach students the art of all-attitude flight. He’s contributed as a forum presenter at AirVenture since 2013 and active in the IAC as Chapter 78 vice president, chairing the Sequence Committee from 2019-2021, and now as member of the IAC Board of Directors.
UND Aerospace is a world-renowned center for aerospace learning, nationally acclaimed for our achievements in collegiate aviation education, atmospheric research, space studies, and earth system science and policy research. With more than 500 faculty and staff members, 1,800+ students from around the world, and myriad programs and projects, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences is setting the pace for the future of flight.
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Mike Lents teaches and flight instructs as an Associate Professor of Aviation at the University of North Dakota specializing in Aerodynamics, Aircraft Systems, Human Factors and Aerobatics. He started flying aerobatics in 2003. After years of teaching, coaching, and competing, he started flying airshows in 2018.
A Master-CFI of Aerobatics since 2013, he has coached the UND Aerobatic Team to 12 National Collegiate Championships. In 2018, Mike Lents represented Team USA flying a Panzl S-330 at the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Strejnic, Romania. Placing 5th in the World, he led the Team in points to a second place team finish. In 2023, Mike competed for Team USA in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mike Lents won IAC Nationals in the Intermediate Category flying a Super Decathlon in 2021. He’s podiumed in Advanced in 2023 and 2025 and is known for extracting maximum performance from a variety of different aircraft on the competition circuit.
Known for his involvement with the UND Aerocast and specializing in flying the American Champion Aircraft Super Decathlon with thousands of hours in type, he continues to teach students the art of all-attitude flight. He’s contributed as a forum presenter at AirVenture since 2013 and active in the IAC as Chapter 78 vice president, chairing the Sequence Committee from 2019-2021, and now as member of the IAC Board of Directors.
UND Aerospace is a world-renowned center for aerospace learning, nationally acclaimed for our achievements in collegiate aviation education, atmospheric research, space studies, and earth system science and policy research. With more than 500 faculty and staff members, 1,800+ students from around the world, and myriad programs and projects, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences is setting the pace for the future of flight.
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Twitter: twitter.com/UNDAerospace?s=20
