Scott Fank of JA Aero in Chicago had a customer looking for an executive configured Grand Caravan and had not had much luck finding one.  There were just no good executive airplanes on the market.

Jerry and Larry had sold a new Grand Caravan to a gentleman named Chris in Fort Lauderdale about a year ago.  He had taken the airplane to Southstar in Uvalde, Texas, and had one of the nicest interiors we have ever seen installed.  At the time, he had indicated that he was going to use the Caravan to get training and build time in a turbine airplane so he could move up to a bigger turbo-prop or jet. 

Coincidentally, we knew of a Caravan pilot that was also a certified flight instructor as well as licensed A&P mechanic, who had been flying another executive Caravan.  We put the two of them together and the pilot is still there managing the Caravan and training the owner and his associates.

We gave Chris a call to see if he was ready to sell his Caravan.  He had just been talking to the folks at Pilatus and was seriously considering making the move.  We worked with the Pilatus salesman and were able to give him what he needed to make his deal.

We flew the airplane to Chicago and sold it to Scott's customer, who happens to have a place in Naples, Florida.  The next time he came to Naples, he called Jerry.  They got together for dinner and had a great evening talking about what a great airplane he had.