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Your Aircraft, Your Airport, Live Weather Conditions: Minneapolis Company Creates Elegant Personalized Aviation Art for Discerning Pilots

  • Writer: Claire Reynolds
    Claire Reynolds
  • Aug 6
  • 3 min read

Updated: Aug 6

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MyAeroGlass abandons generic sectional charts for custom aircraft silhouettes and meaningful airports, creating functional art beautiful enough for main living spaces


MINNEAPOLIS, MN – August 11, 2025 – A Minneapolis startup has solved aviation art and decor's long-standing design problem: beautiful aircraft art with zero functionality, or useful weather displays so ugly they get banished to hangars.


MyAeroGlass launches today with the aviation industry's first truly personalized displays featuring your specific aircraft and home airport with live weather integration.


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"We've completely inverted the traditional approach," said founder Tim Lien, a pilot whose breakthrough came after witnessing aviation displays get kicked out of yet another living room for looking like air traffic control equipment. "Instead of generic sectional charts with random airports, we show your specific aircraft at airports that actually matter to your flying."


Complete Aircraft and Airport Personalization


MyAeroGlass focuses on meaningful personalization that transforms aviation displays from utility equipment into sophisticated home art. Each piece begins with the customer's specific aircraft – whether a Cessna 172, Cirrus SR22T, or aerobatic Extra 300 – rendered in precise plan view accuracy alongside official diagrams of airports meaningful to their aviation journey.


"Traditional displays might show 200 random airports across a sectional area you've never visited," Lien explains. "We show four airports maximum – but they're YOUR airports. Your home base, your favorite destination, where you trained, where you're planning to fly next."


The Signature Edition enables complete aviation storytelling: aircraft progression from training to current aircraft, home base paired with vacation destinations, or regional weather monitoring across personally relevant airports.


Beautiful Enough to Escape the Hangar


The aesthetic breakthrough solves a common decorating challenge: spousal approval. While competitors produce industrial-framed sectional charts get relegated to hangars and man caves, MyAeroGlass displays earn prominent placement in main living spaces.


"My wife actually suggested where we should display it," reports Colorado pilot Mike R., whose custom SR22 display shows live conditions at KAPA. "She's never been enthusiastic about any of my aviation stuff before, but this actually looks like art, not equipment."


The sophisticated presentation uses CNC-machined clear acrylic, premium materials, and jewelry-like LED integration that enhances home aesthetics rather than competing with them. Each display undergoes hand-assembly in Minneapolis with quality standards matching the precision pilots expect from aviation equipment.


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Functional Art That Tells Your Aviation Story


Beyond aesthetic achievement, the displays maintain full weather functionality with government-sourced METAR data from aviationweather.gov. Standard aviation color coding provides instant condition awareness: VFR-Green for perfect flying weather, MVFR-Blue for marginal conditions, IFR-Red for poor visibility, and LIFR-Magenta for dangerous conditions.


Proprietary wind animation technology pulses LEDs faster as actual wind speeds increase, providing intuitive weather awareness. But unlike competitors focused on comprehensive regional coverage, MyAeroGlass emphasizes atmospheric awareness for personally relevant airports.


"Professional pilots understand that weather awareness is continuous, not episodic," Lien notes. "That awareness should focus on airports where you actually fly, not random weather across entire states."


Market Disruption in Premium Category


MyAeroGlass pricing reflects this positioning:


  • Gift Edition ($350): Single 6.25" x 7.5" display perfect for milestone celebrations

  • Signature Edition ($1,250): 11.25" x 21" four airports telling complete aviation stories


The pricing positions between mass-produced LED posters and industrial competitors while delivering unprecedented personalization and luxury home-appropriate aesthetics.


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Expanding Beyond Traditional Aviation Markets


Market expansion extends beyond traditional pilot demographics to aviation spouses seeking meaningful gifts, corporate executives with pilot licenses, and luxury buyers wanting unique aviation art.


"We're seeing orders from people who never considered aviation displays before," Lien reports. "Spouses commissioning retirement gifts, family members celebrating aviation milestones, interior designers specifying aviation art for appropriate clients."


Celebrating Aviation Achievements That Deserve Personal Recognition


MyAeroGlass maintains handcrafted production with personal quality oversight while planning strategic expansion. Each display receives individual attention ensuring precision aircraft representation and official airport accuracy.


Orders ship within 2-3 weeks with lifetime support, premium packaging, setup assistance, and comprehensive customer service. Products available at MyAeroGlass.com with consultation services for optimal design and configuration.



Tim Lien - Founder/Designer MyAeroGlass
Tim Lien - Founder/Designer MyAeroGlass

About MyAeroGlass


MyAeroGlass produces personalized functional aviation art featuring customers' specific aircraft at meaningful airports with real-time weather integration. Founded by pilot Tim Lien and based in Minneapolis, the company handcrafts custom displays serving aviation enthusiasts nationwide who demand personal service and sophisticated aesthetics in aviation technology.


Media Contact: 

MyAeroGlass info@myaeroglass.com  www.myaeroglass.com  Minneapolis, MN


High-resolution images of custom displays and founder interviews available upon request



 
 
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