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Castleberry Instruments & Avionics (CIA) (opens in a new tab)
Instrument repair, replacement and avionics upgrades for helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft, with Castleberry roots back to 1958.
About CAS / A Castleberry company
Castleberry Aviation Services (CAS) is the sister company of Castleberry Instruments & Avionics (CIA) (opens in a new tab), offering custom aircraft paint, rotor blade paint and specialized rotor blade repair in Show Low, Arizona.
Who we are
Castleberry Aviation Services
We paint custom liveries and accessories in the CAS paint hangar, refinish and paint rotor blades from standard finishes to custom artwork, and offer specialized repair that returns rotor blades to service.
Since 1958
The Castleberry story
The Castleberry name has been in aviation since 1958. It started with a small instrument repair shop on the Texas coast, grew up in Austin, and today carries on in two companies in Show Low, Arizona.
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1958
Corpus Christi, Texas
Don Castleberry opens Aircraft Instrument Service, repairing instruments and autopilots for general aviation.
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1975
Austin, Texas
Five years after Hurricane Celia struck the Texas coast, the shop moves inland to Austin.
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1986
B.F. Goodrich
By now home to the AIM gyro line, Castleberry Instruments and Avionics joins B.F. Goodrich's aerospace business.
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1997
The Castleberry gyros
With AIM gyro production back in Austin, Castleberry develops its own 900 series electric gyros to replace most of the discontinued AIM 510 series.
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2024
Show Low, Arizona
The shop and its crew move to Arizona's White Mountains, where CIA carries on Castleberry instrument work, including the Castleberry gyros still flying.
The Castleberry family
Two Castleberry companies
Both companies are in Show Low, Arizona. CIA handles aircraft instruments and avionics, and CAS handles paint, rotor blades and flight helmets.
Sending instruments? They go straight to our sister company: request an instrument quote on ciamfg.com (opens in a new tab).
Send it to Show Low!
Tell us about the aircraft, blade or helmet, and we'll get back to you with options.