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R. C. Allen Incorporation
R. C. Allen Incorporation
R. C. Allen Incorporation

R. C. Allen Incorporation

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BiographyKelly Manufacturing Company is the manufacturer of the R.C.Allen instrument. KMC is the largest manufacturer of general aviation aircraft instruments in the world and has two manufacturing plants. One is situated in the downtown area of Wichita, Kansas, and the second is located in Grenola, Kansas. Both plants also operate FAA licensed repair station's.

R.C.Allen Inc. began as a can company in the mid 1930's in Grand Rapids, Michigan and began manufacturing business machines. Thousands of the sixty-year old cash registers, adding machines and typewriters can still be found across the country.
World War II changed the company forever. Aircraft were needed for the war and would have to be assembled at astonishing rates. Although R.C.Allen was not specialized in the field, the company was uniquely equipped to assemble the delicate instruments needed to fly the airplanes. R.C.Allen began to manufacture Turn and Slip Indicators and soon started filling government contracts. With specialized engineers and blueprints, R.C.Allen instruments were soon being installed on thousands of war bound aircraft. After World War II, R.C. Allen continued as a major government contractor, and manufactured instruments for the Korean War. Thousands of Rate Gyro Transmitters were made for military jets during this period.

During peacetime, the company developed sub-miniature gyros for Saturn rockets, and at one time, twenty of the special gyros were in orbit at the same time. By 1972, R.C.Allen was the largest manufacturer of aircraft instruments for general aviation in the world. In 1977, R.C.Allen moved to Wichita, Kansas, the AIR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. Today the company retains its position as the industry's leading manufacturer. The R.C. Allen instrument lines include Electric Attitude Gyro and Directional Gyros, Air driven Artificial Horizons and Directional Gyros, Turn and Banks, Turn and Slips, Turn Coordinators, Tachometers, Engine Gauges ( voltmeters, voltammeters, oil temperatures and oil pressure gauges, carburetor and outside air temperatures, suction and cylinder head temperatures, cabin temperatures), a large line of low and over voltage warning systems, battery probe assemblies and inverters, along with numerous specialty items.
KMC produces instruments for aircraft,helicopters, and military tanks. As history is made each day, KMC progresses on with new technology for safer flight and for a safer nation.
(Copyright by KMC 2002)

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