Flying S Inc

Flying S Inc is an engineering and fabrication company in Palestine, Illinois. The site gives the address as 17583 East 500th Avenue, Palestine, IL 62451. The company creates manufacturing solutions for customers in aviation and aerospace. The site says the team is able to fabricate anything from carbon fiber aircraft wings to intricate molds and machined parts.

The company's engineering team works with an extensive CNC machine shop and a carbon fiber composite lab. The site says prototypes can become production hardware under one roof. It also says the company can complete a project from raw materials to painted product in its own facility. The company has built UAV landing gear and has done work for NASA.

The business was started in 2001 by David and Penny Shaw. They had worked at Cessna, Scaled Composites and Adam Aircraft before they returned to the family farm in Crawford County, Illinois. The business began as an engineering consultancy. David wanted the ability to fabricate designs, so a small crew began building UAV landing gear in the hangar part of their home.

The company outgrew that space. In 2012, a team of 15 moved into a new facility across the road. The site says the company now has around 140 team members from a variety of industries. It says the staff shares a focus on craftsmanship and attention to detail.

The site says Flying S is in East Central Illinois, just south of Palestine. It is less than a two hour drive from Indianapolis Airport, three hours from St. Louis and about four hours south of Chicago. Pilots are asked to call ahead for runway conditions before visiting. The company also says it can give rides from KRSV on request. The phone number is (618) 586-9999.