Exhibit 23.6

                       CONSENT OF NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR

     I hereby consent to being named as a person who will become a director of
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in
the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-135486) filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Registration
Statement"), to the disclosure under the caption "Management" in the
Registration Statement and to the filing of this consent as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and in all subsequent amendments and post-effective
amendments or supplements thereto and in any registration statement for the
same offering that is to be effective upon the filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
of the Securities Act.

Date:   August 15, 2006

                                                /s/ Richard Gephardt
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                                                Richard Gephardt