Avionics
Bevan Looks To Continue Growth While 'Perfecting Our Art'
Bevan Aviation is a couple of years from marking 70 years in business as an avionics repair and install shop as well as an aircraft maintenance provider.
Avionics technician Charles Smitley applies sealant around an antenna on a Cessna 414A at Bevan Aviation. (Photo: Jerry Siebenmark/AIN)
Avionics technician Charles Smitley applies sealant around an antenna on a Cessna 414A at Bevan Aviation. (Photo: Jerry Siebenmark/AIN)

As Bevan Aviation approaches seven decades in business, owner Kent McIntyre is working to bring more work in-house to the avionics repair and installation and aircraft maintenance provider at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport. The 25-employee FAA Part 145 repair station recently added metal cutting and powder coating to its capabilities, which McIntyre told AIN allows Bevan to manufacture custom instrument panels instead of shipping that work off to contractors. “We’ve been fortunate to hire people with new talents and that’s helped us out a lot,” he said.