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For over 20 years, the professionals at C&J Aviation Partners have represented buyers and sellers in their desire to own and fly the best in business and personal aircraft. All of our relationships are on a one-to-one basis. This holds true even with large corporations that come back to us time and time again for personal service.

Whether acquiring or selling aircraft, there are a few key characteristics that are critical when choosing an aviation professional:

Market Expertise - C&J knows the market and how to obtain reliable, trustworthy information as to the true market value of each aircraft we buy or sell for our customers. Our expert sales, purchasing skills and the careful development of key industry relationships, have allowed C&J to become one of the top aircraft broker/dealers in the U.S. Our network of relationships includes: aircraft manufacturers, maintenance facilities, mechanics, pilots, aviation insurance agents, financing sources, other aviation sales professionals and, of course, our many satisfied clients. We speak daily with aircraft owners and operators to keep our finger on the pulse of the market.
Experience - The variety of aircraft bought or sold over the past twenty-four months includes: Challengers, Learjets, Citations, Hawkers, Pilatus’, Gulfstreams, Beechjets and King Airs. We have been involved in export/import transactions to a variety of countries, including Canada, Israel, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic and India.
Service – We take care of our clients by providing turnkey service. Assisting you in the selection or sale of your aircraft is only the beginning. C&J can help you evaluate and choose a charter company, obtain a hanger, obtain aircraft insurance and financing, obtain quality cost effective maintenance, hire pilots and advise you on all other aspects of aircraft ownership. C&J uses our experience to make your plane buying and ownership experience just “plane easy”.
Responsiveness – We are available whenever you need us, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We answer our phones and promptly return phone calls.
Integrity – We treat everyone the way we would want to be treated.
Technical Expertise – We are pilots, own aircraft, have managed maintenance facilities and have relationships with technical experts to assist in minimizing the complexity of buying or selling an airplane. There is nothing more important than your peace of mind and safety.

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.

Danny Culler – Danny brings over 30 years experience in sales and acquisitions for the complete Beechcraft line of aircraft. After serving in Vietnam with the US Army, Danny started flying in 1971, initially working as a line crewman for Piedmont Aviation. He served as a corporate pilot with Leggett Department Stores and then rejoined Piedmont Aviation/Landmark Aviation in 1978 as a Sales Representative. Throughout his career with Piedmont, Danny had been honored with the Beechcraft Million Dollar Plus Award Salesman, Beechcraft Bonanza Sales Award, Beechcraft Rookie Sales Award, Beechcraft King Air Legion of Honor Award and the Beechcraft Executive Salesman Award. He is a commercially rated pilot and type-rated in the King Air 300, 350 and Beech 1900. Danny has over 8,000 hours of flight time with approximately 5,000 hours in King Airs.

Sven Larson - Sven joined C&J in 2008 and is generally regarded as an expert in Beechcraft piston aircraft and has been a contributor to the American Bonanza Society monthly magazine. He also assisted C&J in becoming one of the largest resellers of 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.