Yingling & Cessna
Cessna signed up its very first dealership—Yingling Aviation in Wichita—60 years ago. Now Yingling and Cessna are working with each other in a new arena for both.
Yingling has announced that the company will be one of three domestic Cessna reassembly sites for the Cessna’s LSA, the SkyCatcher.
What is a “reassembly” site? Oddly, the press release didn’t define the term. Back in the day, however, when Piper built airplanes for export at least some of them were built in Vero Beach, then disassembled for packing in crates. Upon reaching the destination country, they would be reassembled. With Cessna I suppose the situation will be reversed—the SkyCatchers will be built and disassembled in China, then reassembled by Yingling and others.
Very interesting. Here is another example of the fact that building the SkyCatcher in China will also create jobs in this country. Yingling is building new facilities for this job, so construction companies, building supply companies, and others in Wichita will profit.
And what a building it will be. Windows will allow the viewing of the entire assembly line. Also, cameras will be set up and operating along the line. If you order a Cessna SkyCatcher, you will be able to view on the web the entire reassembly process 24/7. As an old aircraft salesman, I can tell you that this will be a big deal to buyers.
Let the good times roll.
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R,
A perfect example of the unions F—ing themselves !!
Clyde
Capt Bob–
Oh yes, they could build it in the good old U.S.of A. They just couldn’t build it at a price that people would pay. It’s as simple as that. So, it wasn’t a case of do we build it here or there, It was a case of if we want to build it we must do it there or not at all. Or at least that’s my humble opinion.
Thanks for writing.
Ralph Hood
Ralph,If the Skycatcher is generating jobs in the U.S. why is Cessna using an outside source to assemble these aircraft? Is there a problem using the Cessna workforce that has sucessfully built thousands of aircraft in the past? Or, is it simply cheaper to use a new and untested workforce to assemble an airplane built in China by another untested workforce.