April 16th Meeting At SteinAir
Our April 16th chapter meeting was held at SteinAir in Farmington, Minnesota. Stein Bruch and his associates build custom aircraft panels, supply a variety of avionics equipment for experimental aircraft, and advise builders of RV’s. Sharon Sandberg of All Star Warbirds also joined us to talk about some of their latest embroidery products. SteinAir’s facility — at 21170 Eaton Ave in Farmington is a short distance north and east of Airlake AIrport.
Stein started with several other former NWA mechanics in the business several years ago. Now they have 18 employees, who spend the majority of their time building panels for experimental aircraft — especially RV’s. According to Stein, most of the panels incorporate glass screens, and some can take up to a month to complete. SteinAir also does work on certificated aircraft panels, but they get most of their work from new experimental builders, or experimentals that need their panels redone because of amateur work.
SteinAir has also become one of our newsletter sponsors, which we greatly appreciate.