aerospace founded 1938 founder earnest g. mccauley headquarters wichita kansas united states products aircraft propellers owner textron parent cessna website www.mccauley.textron.com mccauley propeller systems founded in 1938 by earnest g. mccauley is an american manufacturer of composite propellers for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft . the company headquarters was at one time located in vandalia ohio but is today located in wichita kansas . 1 2 originally called mccauley aviation corporation in september 1996 it was renamed mccauley propeller systems . the company is currently owned by cessna which is in turn owned by textron . 1 2 the company is noted for having invented the ground adjustable solid steel propeller in 1941 and the forged aluminum propeller in 1946 . 2 see also edit list of aircraft propeller manufacturers references edit a b purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 84 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 a b c mccauley propeller systems 2010 . history . retrieved 8 february 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mccauley propeller systems & oldid 696899719 categories companies established in 1938aircraft propeller manufacturersaerospace companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages sloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 26 december 2015 at 20 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view