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The Red Baron Flyer - Summer 2017
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Launches Local Aircraft
Detailing Services
By Julia Hochberg, Owner
Thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit of a Sonoma Jet Center
employee, Sonoma Jet Center now provides world-class
aircraft detailing services!
In January 2016, Glen Smith was working as a Line Service
Technician at Sonoma Jet Center and was periodically
asked to help clean customers’ aircraft. Glen enjoyed the
work and showed a great passion for detailing. As Glen
watched aircraft detailing companies travel from southern
California to KSTS to complete large detailing jobs on
Sonoma Jet Center customer aircraft, he started thinking
about an entrepreneurial opportunity. Encouraged
by Sonoma Jet Center management, Glen developed
a business plan to launch an internal Aircraft Detailing
division of Sonoma Jet Center’s operations.
Josh Hochberg, Sonoma Jet Center’s Owner and President
said, “Glen identied a clear need for quality and highly
trained aircraft detailing at KSTS and we see great value in
providing these specialized services to our customers and
keeping these jobs in Sonoma county.”
Aircraft detailing is signicantly dierent than automobile
detailing because of the aircraft materials, specialized
nishes, and unique components such as deicing systems
built into aircraft wings. Glen has completed multiple
training courses in aircraft detailing, including a week long
seminar at J.A. Air Center in Illinois and a factory training
to install the highly sought after Permagard protection
coating.
Now staed with a team of professionally trained
detailers, Glen and his Aircraft Detailing division are
providing services to tenants and visitors of KSTS and
other northern California airports. Sonoma Jet Center
also has contracts with several charter companies to keep
their aircraft looking great.
“We are very proud of the
professional detailing team Glen
has assembled at Sonoma Jet Center,
it makes all of us feel great to see
the happy faces of our detailing
customers when we professionally
detail their aircraft.”
- Josh Hochberg, President
Sonoma Jet Center
www.sonomajetcenter.com