Bevan-Rabell, a 64-year-old aircraft maintenance and avionics repair and installation shop in Wichita, Kansas, will officially change its name to Bevan Aviation on January 1, reflecting its growing turbine airplane work. “For years everybody just said, ‘Call Bevan,’” Bevan owner Kent McIntyre said. “We’ve changed direction. We’re working on more jets and turbines than we used to, and we thought [changing the name to] Bevan Aviation reflected it.”

Bevan, which employs 21 people and occupies 22,000 square feet of hangars at Wichita Eisenhower National Airport (ICT), has completed 11 Garmin G5000 installations on small twinjets, including nine Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400s, beginning in late 2016. The last three of those installations, added Bevan marketing director Sarah Johnson, were delivered squawk free.

“We have some Citations we’re going to do in the coming year,” McIntyre said.

Bevan has won Garmin’s Platinum award for sales three consecutive years beginning in 2015, and according to a Garmin Aviation spokeswoman is its top G5000 installer west of the Mississippi River.

Bevan continues to perform maintenance and bench repair on piston airplanes as well as ADS-B installations, McIntyre said. The ADS-B installations have led owners to include other avionics upgrades on their piston airplanes, such as replacing older navigation equipment and legacy autopilots, he added.