A full-service prototype, design, and manufacturing facility based in Hot Springs, Arkansas. We ship to clients that include: Eaton, Mid Continent Instruments, Sigma Tek, Hawker Beechcraft, United Instruments, and the United States Department of Defense.

With three decades of experience specializing in design and production of aircraft instrument components such as bezels, wedges, cases, and light trays, Bishop Aviation is diversifying to include complete start-to-finish production of design prototypes. From customized injection-molded working models, to a machine-tooled or hand-polished finished product, our team takes your concept and makes it a reality, including silk-screening your brand or logo for the final touch.

Bishop Aviation’s daily production capability ranges from short hundred piece to larger thousand piece runs of your company’s custom-created units. For generations, our history as a pioneer in internally lighted aircraft components ensures the highest quality control, attention to detail, and customer service. BAI currently holds an ISO 9001:2008 with Design & AS9100 Revision B Quality Control Certification (view certificate).

Featuring plastic injection molding machinery, CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) mills and lathes, and a fully capable glass fabrication shop, BAI can provide your company with the newest technologies available in machining, molding, tool & die, glass fabrication, and manufacturing.

Bishop Aviation is the region’s foremost manufacturer using computer aided drafting. From manufacturing and machining to aftermarket instrument components, we can meet your company’s full range of design and manufacturing needs. If you can dream it, the Bishop family can make it.