Aircraft Engravers - Media Coverage - Engraving placards, vinyl lettering, data plates, fuel caps and rocker switches

Media Coverage of Aircraft Engravers

McConnell, Steve "Auto Pilots: Placards and Repair" Piper Owners' Magazine, pg 10, December 2000.: A letter describing the availability of placards and faceplate inserts from Aircraft Engravers. Also a quote from Jim, "They look factory new and original after installation"


Wilhelmsen, George R. "Restoring Your Avionics & Panels" Custom Planes, pg 16, 17 & 72, December 2000.
Three pictures of Aircraft Engravers faceplate inserts accompanying a nice article which goes in depth on how to update a tired looking radio.


Levy, Howard. "Building A Champion." Kitplanes, pg. 52-57, June 1998.
This article is about Barry Beiber's account of building his Glasair II S. Included are pictures of the instrument panel engraved by Aircraft Engravers and a close-up of a custom fuel selector valve placard.: Also see the awards won by Barry Beiber in the Trophy Cabinet

Magnatech. "Tubemaster C-Series Orbital Tube Weld Heads." Company Brochure.
This company manufactures welders which are made to weld tubing in hard to reach places with high accuracy, and repeatable results. Aircraft Engravers custom engraves name plates for the various models of welders this company manufacturers.
Richie, Wayne. "Wayne's World!!" Airwaves, pg. 5, Fall 1996.
This article talks about their new products, of which Aircraft Engravers manufactures their custom switch identification overlays.

Hayes, Kevin. "Design Flexibility." Airwaves, pg. 6, Fall 1996.
This article talks about the need to have a flexible design in manufacturing of their switch boxes. Aircraft Engravers manufactures these custom switch identification overlays individually per drawings achieving a custom text layout on each switch box.

Connes, Keith. "Meet Wayne Richie of Audio International." Avionics News, pg. 30-33, October 1996.
This article interviews Wayne Richie, talking about his company, and products. You can see on the front page several examples of engraving work that Aircraft Engravers has done for his company.

Gulf Coast Avionics Press Release. "Gulf Coast Completes Lancair Custom Panel." Avionics News. pg. 49, March 1995.
This article shows two custom aircraft panels featuring custom rocker switches and circuit breaker overlays made by Aircraft Engravers.

Lawrence, Earl. "Aviation News." Sport Aviation, pg. 10-11, August 1994.
This article is about Composite Turbine Company Incorporated and their making of a turbo-prop version of a Glasair III. Shown is the circuit breaker panel, rocker switches and passenger warning placard that Aircraft Engravers has engraved.

Levy, Howard. "Making of a Grand Champion." Kitplanes. pg. 46-53, February 1994.
This article features Ken Johnson and his trials and tribulations in the kit plane world. He won the Kit Plane Grand Champion Award at the EAA's two biggest Fly-ins of 1993; Sun 'n Fun and Oshkosh. In this article you can see pictures of the custom instrument panel, fuel cap, and many other custom engraved pieces which were all made by Aircraft Engravers.: Also see the awards won by Ken Johnson in the Trophy Cabinet