Dealer of the Month
September 2026
ASA Dealers can be found all over the globe. Take a look at our Store Locator and Online Retailer pages to see that ASA products are just about everywhere. This page is dedicated to our outstanding retailers who do an amazing job of providing access to ASA products.
ASA's Dealer of the Month for September is:
In their words:
"The foundation for what is now Aircraft Spruce ® & Specialty Co. dates to the summer of 1956 when Flo and Bob Irwin founded Fullerton Air Parts at Fullerton Municipal Airport in Southern California. Bob, born and raised in Kansas City, MO., a pilot since the 1940's and active in the CAP and other aviation groups, knew airplanes and the parts that were needed to keep them flying. Flo, a native of Rochester, New York, had no aviation background but learned the business quickly and knew what it would take to keep customers coming back... fair prices and good service. Fullerton Air Parts grew into one of the largest retail aircraft parts suppliers in the western states during the next nine years.
In 1965, Bob and Flo Irwin sold the business and founded another one which sold only one product, aircraft grade spruce lumber for aircraft construction and restoration. Aircraft Spruce ® Co. quickly added more products to its small catalog and adopted the name Aircraft Spruce ® & Specialty Co., with a goal to offer everything pilots and aircraft builders' needs. As Aircraft Spruce ® served more customers and more and more products were added, staff grew from 2 in 1965 to over 300 today.
Jim Irwin, Bob and Flo's older son, grew up in the business, working in jobs such as cutting metal and spruce, pulling and shipping orders, and managing kit programs such as the Vari-Eze back in 1975 while still in college. Graduating from California State University at Fullerton in 1978 with a degree in business administration (marketing), Jim acquired the company and became president in 1980. Jim's wife Nanci, who graduated with an accounting degree from the University of Southern California in 1977, is vice-president and works full time managing the company's accounting and data processing departments. Jim Irwin has logged over 5000 hours as a multi-engine, instrument rated pilot since 1976 and Nanci Irwin is a licensed private pilot as well. They fly the company Cessna Conquest extensively on business throughout the Southwest. The couple's three sons -Mike, Jeff and Rob- are all in management positions with the company and are pilots as well.
We are proud of the tradition of our company that now dates back some 59 years, and are pleased to have had the opportunity to help aviators around the world build the plane of their dreams. Our growth, from a single room in 1965 to the over 300,000 square feet in 10 facilities that we have today, has been a direct result of the loyalty and patronage of our customers. Our goal is to continue to provide the very best in products, prices, and customer service to our friends in the years to come".
Address:
225 Airport Circle
Corona, CA
92878
By phone:
1-877-477-7823
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