Aero Marine Services

A Little Bit About Us

Aero Marine Services, Inc. is owned and operated by myself and my wife Sandy and is the culmination of our experience over 30 years in General and Corporate Aviation and 33 years in Recreational Boating on the Great Lakes and the Inland Lakes and Waterways in the states that border Lake Michigan. We are located in South Chicago Heights, Illinois, which is south of the Chicago Metropolitan area and about 20 minutes from the Southern Shores of Lake Michigan. I am an Aviation Technician and Inspector by trade and I have extensive training and teaching experience in the Aviation and Marine Service Industries. I also love to fly! I am an F.A.A. Licensed Pilot with 30 years of flying experience and over 4000 incident free flying hours. Along with Single Engine flying experience, I am also Multi-Engine and Instrument Rated and my flight experience covers most single and light twin engine aircraft through the Beechcraft King Air and Piper Cheyenne Turboprop Series.

Along with flying, we love Boating too! We travel all over southern and central Lake Michigan in our 1987 Sea Ray 390 Sport fish that we keep moored at Pastrick Marina in East Chicago, Indiana.

The name of our boat is J.A.C.S. R Wild and you'll always see our Golden Retriever- Harley- riding along enjoying the fresh air with us. The acronym for the name on our boat is made from the first letter of each of our family member's names; (J)ason; (A)rchie; (C)hris; and (S)andy. This has been our family logo since the kids were little and came from Sandy signing our Christmas Cards each year with this logo.

I am very involved with Boating Safety and Boating Organizations. I am a member of the Indiana Harbor Yacht Club and was Legislative Secretary for eight years. As Legislative Secretary, I reviewed the laws and regulations that were proposed in Illinois and Indiana and then reported those regulations to our members. In 1995, I took a lot of time and (3) court appearances to help get the Indiana Law changed that required 'Out-of-State' boaters to register and title their vessels in the State of Indiana if the vessel was kept in the state 22 consecutive days. In challenging this law, I and other concerned boaters were able to show the State of Indiana and the Indiana Department of Conservation that it would be impossible to enforce this law and subsequently was able to have the wording in the law changed back to the original 60 consecutive day period for registration and titling.  I have also been the past  Secretary and member of the Board of Directors of the Indiana Harbor Yacht Club.  I am also a member of BOAT U.S. and was past Rear Commodore of the Lake Michigan Yachting Association - Indiana Region.

Aero Marine Services, Inc. provides General and Corporate Aviation Maintenance Services, Annual/100 Hour Inspections, Major Repairs and Alterations and Prepurchase Inspections. All work is completed using F.A.A. approved methods and practices. We also provide Broker Service for the buying and selling of your aircraft and provide Aviation Industry Approved Appraisals of your aircraft based on current market trends and analysis. Export and Import Service is also available for the World Wide aircraft market.

Aero Marine Services, Inc. is a Certified NMEA installer and provides Factory Sales & Service for Marine Electronics, Marine Parts and Accessory Systems for the Recreational and Commercial Boater. We provide Factory Service and Technical Help for all major Marine Electronics Manufacturers and employ only accepted Aviation and Boating Industry Installation & Wiring Practices in our custom installations that make the 'One-of-a-Kind' electronics package for your vessel a reality! Using these practices enables us to warranty our work and provide our customers with an electronics package that will be worry free for years. We also provide Broker Service for the potential Boat Buyer or Seller, which allows us to either find your next vessel or sell your present one and arrange everything from the survey to the financing to make the experience of Boat Ownership as pleasant as possible.

Aero Marine Services, Inc. has a VERY extensive territory. Our mobile technicians , Myself & Jason, will travel to your vessel from our centrally located office - northward to Waukegan, Illinois, eastward to New Buffalo, Michigan, and down the river waterways to the Starved Rock area on the Illinois River.

Aero Marine Services, Inc. understands that communication is very important - especially when you have a problem with your Boat or Aircraft. That's why we have put together a communications system that lets our customers get in touch with our office and technicians almost immediately.

You can reach our office and/or technicians through the following:

 

Our mailing and shipping address for Aero Marine Services is:



We will promptly return your call or answer your message. We check our answering machine and Voice Mail quite often so that our customers do not have to wait for an answer to their problem. Our goal is your satisfaction and we don't stop until that satisfaction is attained! You have our word on it!

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Thanks for visiting us and remember

A SMILE GOES A LONG WAY!!

Updated 01/01/2007