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that said installer does, in fact, have aviation certification training under their belt,” Fox said. “If not, they’re just car installers, and you run the risk of having them damaging your aircraft in some way. It’s easy to find out if they’re trained.”
He also said that when it comes to any questions regarding training and certifying Ceramic Pro installers for aircraft, he’s the guy to ask.
“Along with owning Fox Aviation Service, I’m Ceramic Pro USA’s cor- porate aviation trainer. Any installer
in the country that has trained un- der me and successfully graduated has been through a rigorous course,” he explained. “It’s pass or fail, so it really pushes them to know details and processes that go well beyond if they’re doing cars or boats.”
“They need to truly understand aircraft for what they are while recognizing that safety is of the utmost importance to us,” Fox con- tinued. “I have personally trained each of Fox Aviation Service’s in- stallers, and our customers have full
Fox with owners of a PC-12 – a common type serviced by the company.
confidence that their aircraft will be treated with the utmost care be- cause they know I never settle for less. Maybe it’s the Marine in me.”
Fox said that he and his company take the proper preparation and ap- plication of the Ceramic Pro products so seriously that his team has been known to be wheels up from Orlando with boots on the deck in Honolulu to service a fleet of turbines in 16 hours.
“If the customer’s airplane isn’t close to Orlando (KISM) or Copiah County, Mississippi (M11), we will travel to where the aircraft is. Fre- quently, we go to an MRO in Boise, Idaho, as an example, to treat the aircraft while they’re in for other maintenance,” he stated. “And when there’s a logistical need, we’ve gone as far as to arrange for a contract pilot to fly the airplane to another facility so we can work on it.”
“One preferred location outside of Florida and across the south- east is Chautauqua Aviation at
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