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LOCATION:
280 Gardner Drive, Suite 3
New Century, KS 66031
PHONE: 913-829-4606
WEBSITE: butleravionics.com

Butler Avionics
builds on STC success
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n 2009, suburban Kansas City-based Kings Avionics
began a new era when Butler National Corp. purchased
the avionics shop. Originally opened in 1969 by Steve
Hayden and sold to Gary Morris and Dave Hayden in 1974,
the shop has expanded, contracted and moved several times
in its nearly 50 years in business. Those same five decades
include the moon landing and Woodstock, the launch of
Apple Computers and the fall of the Berlin Wall, mapping
the Human Genome and erecting the
world's tallest building.
"While the company is now a part
of a larger organization, our business
remains a relationship-driven, family
shop," said Hayden, one of several
directors for Butler National Corp.
"Butler National's CEO, Clark
Stewart, had been a customer, adviser
and friend to us for many years."
Sixteen employees provide avionics installations and
repairs in a total of 55,000 square feet at New Century
AirCenter, southwest of Kansas City. The technicians cater
to a diverse customer base, from small, homebuilt aircraft
owners to Learjet operators.
"We're one of the few shops across the nation that continues
to perform bench repairs of all types of avionics, including
autopilots," said Hayden, who has worked in avionics since
1966. "This brings customers to us from around the world."
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Developing solutions
Butler Avionics maintains Learjets owned and operated by
nearby Olathe, Kansas-based Butler National, an advantage that
allows the service center to quickly and cost-effectively develop
supplemental type certificates for the aircraft, especially new
avionics systems and products that resolve obsolescence issues.
Obtaining a parts manufacturing certificate has allowed the
company to build the new components, as well. Recent projects
include STCs for the Garmin GTN
600/700-series GPS/nav/comm in Learjet
20/30-series aircraft.
"One of our recent obsolescence
solutions is the STC that we obtained
working with Rockwell Collins to remove
the obsolete AHC-85 Attitude Heading
Reference System computer in the Learjet
model 60 and install the replacement
AHC-3000A," Hayden said. "We also have STC replacements
for the rate gyros and accelerometers used in the JET autopilots.
As these classic airplanes age, the opportunity for obsolescence
engineering increases, and we are trying to provide a costeffective solution for operators."
Butler Avionics' parent company, Butler National, acquired
the legacy Learjet autopilot product line originally manufactured
by JET Electronics from L-3 Aviation Products. Expanding its
services to support the units has become Butler Avionics' fastest
growing segment.



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