aircraft spruce & specialty co industry transportation equipment & supplies founded 1965 founder bob and flo irwin headquarters corona california united states of america number of locations corona california peachtree georgia brantford ontario products aircraft parts plans and kits number of employees 150 divisions aircraft spruce east west and canada website www.aircraftspruce.com aircraft spruce & specialty co is an american producer of aircraft parts and services including plans for homebuilt aircraft . aircraft spruce co. was founded in 1965 by bob and flo irwin as a follow on to founding fullerton air parts . 1 initially the company sold only one product aircraft grade spruce lumber for aircraft construction and restoration . aircraft spruce co. added more products and adopted the name aircraft spruce & specialty co jim irwin bob and flo s older son managed kit programs such as the vari eze in 1975 while still in college . in 1978 jim acquired the company and became president in 1980 . aircraft spruce was housed in fullerton california from 1965 until 1997 in a historic fullerton former citrus packing house . aircraft spruce then moved to a 62 000 square foot 5 800 m2 facility in corona california . aircraft spruce east moved to a new 52 000 sq ft 4 800 m2 facility in peachtree city georgia in 2004 . aircraft spruce canada was opened in toronto in 2006 and moved to the brantford ontario airport in 2008 . 2 founder bob irwin died on 26 june 2015 at his home in lake havasu city arizona . 3 aircraft kits and plans edit aircraft spruce has the rights to sell kits and plans for a large selection of homebuilt aircraft . acroduster acrolite acrosport alfa hb207 aquajet x aviat baby great lakes bakeng deuce barracuda bearhawk breezy bushcaddy cadet celerity christavia mk i christavia mk iv corby cozy mk iv culp daisy mae easy eagle europa xs fly baby fred glasair glass goose gp4 and osprey howland h 2 honey bee howland h 3 pegasus hummingbird helicopter kelly d partial kit kitfox kr lightning mirage celerity mirage marathon meyers little toot murphy rebel nesmith cougar nexaer nuventure one design p 51 pazmany pietenpol pitts pober pulsar raf rans rihn dr 107 one design rotorway safari scotty bowlin sky arrow skybolt sonerai sonex stallion starduster starlet stewart mustang summit ii thorp tundra vans rv velocity volksplanes volmer v star vulcan c100 whisper aircraft wittman tailwind wittman buttercup zenith references edit aircraft spruce marks 50 years . aopa pilot 38 . february 2015 . aircraft spruce . archived from the original on 18 october 2010 . retrieved 13 october 2010 . aircraft spruce co founder bob irwin dies . avweb . retrieved 4 july 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aircraft spruce % 26 specialty co & oldid 739227892 categories homebuilt aircraftaircraft manufacturers of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in californiacompanies based in riverside county californiamanufacturing companies established in 19651965 establishments in california 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 add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 14 02 . 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