While his wife, Sonia, may have groaned, “Oh, not another fixer-upper” a few times over the years, there’s no disputing that Danny Sides did a fine job with this Chrysler Crossfire and now the two enjoy activities with the Crossfire Club.

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But, Air Force One Air Conditioning is not that. Instead, it’s a play on words, says Danny Sides, president and co-owner, with his wife, Sonia.

“It’s about forced air,” he says.

Those systems that rely on ductwork, vents, and plenums for distributing heated and cooled air have pretty much dominated Sides work life for almost 39 years, since he began as an HVAC technician.

“I grew up in Canton, about 60 miles east of Dallas. My family was in farming. Any kid who grew up on a farm was either going to be in farming or messing with something mechanical,” he recalls.

Sides let the dust grow on the idea of crops and went mechanical instead.

“I loved to play with cars and machinery,” he says. “When I started looking for work, this deal came up to be a trainee as an air conditioning technician. I said, ‘Well, that’s mechanical; it’s working outside; it’s interesting. I’ll give that a try.’ That’s where it all began.”

Sides did residential and commercial work before founding his company in 1990. He and his staff of 15-20 employees do primarily remodeling work for small commercial and residential jobs.

A new federal regulation to green-up the manufacture of commercial AC units took effect earlier this year.

But, for most of his commercial customers, the big issue is airflow, ductwork and whether the AC unit is performing optimally.

“Air flow is everything. You can’t put a new body (equipment) on an old circulatory system,” he adds.

Air Force One Air Conditioning in Dallas performs commercial change outs, airflow energy audits, and installations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. -mh

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