Tue, Aug 31, 2010
US Assembly Site Is Also First To Receive Approval From The
FAA
Yingling Aviation has become the first facility in the world
approved by the FAA to maintain, inspect, and alter the Cessna 162
Skycatcher S-LSA aircraft. The authority was added to
Yingling's Part 145 Repair Station Operations Specifications last
month. Yingling is currently the only active Skycatcher
assembly site as well. The Wichita Mid-Continent
Airport-based firm has already received and completed the
re-assembly of 8 of the all-metal, single engine piston, high-wing
monoplanes.
File Photo
"This receipt of this authority represents a significant
accomplishment for Yingling," said Bob Gallop, Yingling's
vice-president, Repair Station Operations. "Since the Model
162 is a completely new aircraft, we were creating precedent with
every step in the process. It required a great deal of
cooperation among Yingling, Cessna and the FAA in Washington, D.C.,
but we are gratified to be the first Repair Station to have repair,
inspection and alteration of the Model 162 Skycatcher added to our
Operation Specifications. This means we can not only perform
maintenance on the airplanes, we are approved to sign off on the
repairs and return them to service," he added.
Yingling completed an expansion of its facilities in 2008 in
anticipation of the arrival of Skycatchers from the Shenyang
manufacturing facilities in China. Yingling's Kansas Aviation
subsidiary recently became the first flight training operation to
offer instruction in the Cessna Model 162 Skycatcher.
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