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Contrails & Cocktails – Joe Farina and Aircraft Manufacture and Maintenance

Contrails & Cocktails – Joe Farina and Aircraft Manufacture and Maintenance

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 In this episode – Mark Parry meets up with Joe Farina, an old friend with a long history of aircraft manufacturing and maintenance “back in the day!” Paula Williams: Paula Williams with ABCI. Thanks for joining us for Contrails & Cocktails. This episode ran off the rails just a little bit, but we were having so much fun that we just ran with it and shared pretty much the whole recording with you on this episode. Our guest was Joe Farina. Joe has 42 years of experience in the aviation maintenance field. He has an associate of science degree in aircraft maintenance technology from West Los Angeles College and earned a Certificate of Completion from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston In 1980. Joe owns an FAA rating of Airframe and Powerplant, starting out at the Lockheed California company, also known as Lockheed Martin. As a structures mechanic, Joe worked on assembling the first production stealth fighter and continued through the fifth model, including one of the structural test models. Throughout his career, Joe has worked at Garrett General Aviation Services, US Air, and FedEx at LAX and US Air in Pittsburgh. He’s been responsible for heavy maintenance and line maintenance of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Fokker, Falcon Jet, and various other aircraft. In the late 1990s, Joe’s career turned toward the corporate sector working for Dana Flight operations in Toledo. They operated four citation jets, a Falcon 50 and a G4. Upon filing for bankruptcy and selling all the aircraft and hangers in 2001, Joe moved on to spending the next 12 years working for Air Transport International, a cargo airline that also operated several combination aircraft. This was the last DC-8 airline in the world. ATII ceased operations in Toledo in 2011, and Joe moved on to a small engine shop located in Toledo, working, overhauling Garrett TPE331. He missed working on the big jets, though, and in 2015 moved on to the USA jet in Bellville, Michigan, a small cargo airline that catered to the automotive industry. Now retired, Joe enjoys spending time with his three grandchildren playing hockey and annoying his wonderful wife, Carolyn. As you probably already know, Contrails & Cocktails is sponsored by Global Aircraft Group. Global Aircraft Group offers desktop, appraisals, expert witness, pre-buy inspections. The founder is located in New England, and he travels free of charge to anybody in New England with a situation that needs his services. You may need an aircraft appraisal for an aircraft transaction, an estate settlement, a divorce, a legal situation, whatever it is. If you’ve got a problem involving aircraft values, Mark can solve it. Mark Perry is the president and founder of Global Aircraft Group, and he has over 30 years of experience in corporate aviation. He has a diverse roster of clients and unparalleled access to professional resources, which helps the organization achieve positive returns on his client’s investments and capital. Prior to establishing Global Aircraft Group, Mark worked for Bombardier in various capacities, including sales, maintenance, completion, and pre-purchase inspections. He was also employed by Lockheed Advanced Development Programs, aka the Skunk Works, under Kelly Johnson. That’s, of course, where he met Joe Farina. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts in management, and he is a senior certified aircraft appraiser and member of the PAAO. Lastly, he’s a licensed aircraft and power plant mechanic and attended law school. Couple of really smart guys with a history together. They met going to Wentworth College in the 1980s. They moved to California together, and the rest is history. Let’s jump into the conversation in process. There you are. Happy to see you. Joe Farina: Yeah. There they are. Mark Perry: We’re doing this a little different, Paula. Paula: Okay. Tell me what we’re doing. Mark: Me and Joe decided that we would have our cocktail before and during the podcast. Paula: Good idea. I love that idea. Oh, and cigars, too. Did you bring enough every week? Mark: I just got. Joe: Yes, I did. Actually, my son has bought me half a dozen cigars. Paula: Oh, nice. I like your son. Joe: There’s four of them. Mark: His son brought him a bottle of scotch and his favorite cigars for Father’s Day. Paula: That’s amazing. Joe: On my birthday, which is Friday. Paula: Happy birthday. Mark: Okay. Happy birthday. Joe: What’s today? Paula: Today is the first day of summer. It’s the summer solstice. Joe: Okay. Tomorrow will be officially one year I’ve been retired. Paula: Congratulations. Boy, you got a convergence of events. Joe: Yeah, it was pretty cool last year. I got together with all four boys. We had a day, and I retired. Father’s Day and my birthday all at the same time. Paula: Fantastic. Joe: They gave me golf stuff I haven’t used yet. Paula: Sounds great. Joe: Puff me if you need. Mark: We’re going Joe Rogan....
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