Unites States Air Force Telecommunications Specialist Course
Studying to be a Teletype Repair Man in 1977
Pete Garland
The origin of
The Blue Baron
My journey starts in a simple town in New England where, growing up as a young boy in the 60's, I always was fascinated in Mechanical devices like taking apart vintage toys like "The Play Mobile" the (Simulated car dash board) to building or taking things apart from Go-carts to minbikes to motorcycles.
As I grew in to young adulthood, I decided to join the US Airforce 1977 where I studied complex electro-mechanical Teletype Systems as a Telecommunications Equipment Specialist. When I graduated, I was later stationed in Wellesley, MA for a period of 6 years.
During this period of time, I joined up with a firm known as Computrend where I rebuilt model 33 teletype machines from Teletype Corporation while going to college in the field of Electro-Mechanical Engineering where I later recieved a degree.
As I journeyed through more than a decade in the electronics field, my ladder job was working for Raytheon at the Patriot Missles Division in Andover, MA for a period almost 8 years.
During ths time I began to realize that working for other people was not what it was cut out to be. I decided to start my own cleaning business on the side and later bought my first Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machine.
As the business grew, I was always fixing the Truck Mount when ever problems arise as well as Buffers, Portables, Auto-Scrubbers and array of other cleaning equipment.
I always thought in the back of my mind I would like to start a small Fabrication Shop building truck mounts. While Re-building and studying various makes and models I new where the improvements would lie in the design, Heating and overall layout of these machines while keeping the "End User In Mind".
As I learned many Tig & Mig Welding skills and Manufacturing Processes the Blue Baron Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machine was Born and from there on it has been a success especially with our New Innovative Patent Pending Heat Exchanger System.
My wife and I work together, while she does the Marketing Promotions I do the Building
and training for our Customers.
Thank you for your time reading my story on how it all began.
Sincerely, Pete Garland
