Chuck Smith – As a veteran sales professional, Chuck founded C&J 20 years ago after transitioning from a successful career in industrial real estate into aviation in 1988. Chuck began his aviation career with a key role in establishing Santa Monica’s Museum of Flying. His experience and client base with Warbirds quickly evolved to the turbo-prop and jet markets. In addition to his expertise with mid to large cabin business jets, Chuck is widely regarded as the foremost authority in the country on the Beechcraft King Air series. Today C&J is one the most successful aircraft brokerage firms in the country with 3 full-time sales professionals in Southern California and a full-time market researcher based in New York. Chuck is a pilot with over 8,000 hours of flight time in over 40 types of aircraft.
Gary Goltz – Gary got involved in business aviation in 1996 when he acquired three Hawkers for a venture capital group where he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. He retired from the practice of law and joined C&J in 2004. Gary brings his expertise in mergers and acquisitions to the business aircraft market and is also a licensed insurance broker, assisting clients with aircraft hull and liability insurance. Gary is a pilot with multi-engine engine and instrument ratings with over 1200 hours total time.
Sven Larson - Sven joined C&J in 2008 and has quickly developed a market niche for Cessna Citation aircraft and is generally regarded as the expert on Citation Mustangs. Prior to joining C&J, Sven worked for the Rusnak Auto Group as Vice President and General Manager of Rusnak Westlake in Southern California, a franchised Porsche, Audi and BMW dealership. Sven has assisted in adding a level of sophistication, professionalism and energy to aircraft sales that has been present in high-end auto sales for years, but not in the aircraft brokerage industry. Sven is a pilot with multi-engine and instrument ratings with over 2200 hours. He is a member of numerous aviation groups including AOPA, EAA, ABS, NAAA and the Beechcraft Heritage Museum.
Erin Burke – Located in our New York office, Erin is the most experienced market researcher in the country. She came to us after 10 years at JetNet, the software company that maintains the largest business aviation database in the world. She has developed an extensive network of relationships in business aviation that we leverage today for your benefit.
We are located on the Camarillo Airport, in sunny Camarillo, California, just minutes away from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica and Malibu. This gives C&J easy access to international, national and local markets that are second to none.
Call us at (800) 828-3597 or (805) 484-5840 (International or Local) to assist you with your aircraft purchase or sale.
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