Sat, May 23, 2009
Rugged Ag Airframe Reappears On Production Scene
Weatherly Aircraft Nevada, Inc., is putting the Weatherly
cropduster line back into production. The company had already
started producing parts and offering services in support of
Weatherly agricultural aircraft earlier this month, and anticipates
starting "full aircraft production mode" sometime in June.
Weatherly stated that a combination of additional equity
investments and ‘in kind’ funding of equipment and
parts by strategic partners has facilitated the acceleration of
Weatherly’s move to full aircraft production. The company
further stated that the hiring of previous manufacturing personnel
of the Weatherly aircraft have also contributed greatly to its
ability to ‘fast start’ aircraft production.
The company anticipates new aircraft deliveries will be able to
start before the end of the year.
Richard Corline, CEO of Weatherly, stated, “We are
thrilled to be able to announce the beginning of production of the
Weatherly aircraft approximately three months ahead of our original
business plan. I am very proud of our hand picked team who made
this achievement possible. We believe there is a one to two year
backlog for the aircraft that we will be filling without
significant additional marketing efforts. We couldn’t be
happier with the response of the Bogalusa, LA community and its
surrounding areas in assisting us in building our business quickly
and efficiently. City officials, business owners, and private
investors have all supported the development of our business. They
have gone ‘above and beyond’ our best case expectations
when we moved our operations to their city.”
Weatherly Aircraft Nevada, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells
aerial application aircraft for agricultural, chemical and fire
fighting applications. The Weatherly aircraft are based on an FAA
issued “Type Certificate” for which the Company has the
licensing rights. The current fleet size of Weatherly aircraft in
service on a world wide basis is in excess of 200 units. The
Company opened its new US customer support center in March, 2009
and began supplying spare parts and technical support to existing
customers this month.
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