Today we talk to Jim Crone, Manager Airship Maintenance for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Jim joins us today to discuss his maintenance career which started with joining the Navy and signing up to be an aircraft engine mechanic. When Jim finished with the military, he went to Spartin school of Aeronautics and obtained his A&P. He received a call one day from a recruiter who asked him about working for Goodyear and he understood that to be a position at a Tire...

Jon is the founder and president of Haag Aviation Services LLC. He has worked in the business aviation industry since 1984, where he entered as a fledgling mechanic straight out of A&P school. Being a self-proclaimed “hangar rat” when he was a kid, Jon was around aviation maintenance at a very young age while working with his dad – also an A&P. Jon developed a plan and a desire to work for a corporate operator and stuck with his plan. After only a few yea...

Jim Freeman is Founder and owner of Helicopter Specialties, Inc., based in Janesville, Wi. Helicopter Specialties is a helicopter maintenance, and completions center specializing in design and fabrication of medical interiors for helicopters. The company also is a service center for most helicopter manufacturers as well as a certified avionics shop and repair station.Jim, an A&P and pilot who you can often still find out in the shop getting his hands dirty, started Helicopter...

Today we welcome Jerel Bristol.Jerel is Founder and owner of S.E.A.L. Aviation, a Fuel Tank and Structural repair company based in Hollywood Florida. Jerel, a Veteran and A&P mechanic launched SEAL in 2007 and they have now grown to more than 40 employees. His story of success includes the addition of specialized services such as NDT, and now recently he has launched a parts company. He definitely leads by example! Fortunately, he found the time to sit down with ...