Yingling Aviation expands propeller business

Yingling Aviation said Tuesday it has expanded its propeller business following completion of a 10,000-square-foot facility.

The new building, a quarter mile north of its fixed-base operation at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport, expands by three times the space for maintenance, repair and overhaul of propellers manufactured by McCauley, MT and Sensenich.

The company also said it is working to become a factory authorized service center for Hartzell propellers.

“This expansion allows us to move our existing prop shop to the new location and expand it to accommodate additional equipment we’ve acquired to service a growing number of new composite propeller designs as well traditional aluminum propellers,” Bob Gallop, Yingling’s vice president of repair station operations, said in a news release. “We will no longer have to rely on outside vendors to perform all analytical inspections or finishing. And with those outside processes moved in-house, we will be able to control not only the quality but the costs and turnaround times, as well.”

This story was originally published October 27, 2015 at 11:05 AM with the headline "Yingling Aviation expands propeller business."