Put This Jet on My Table
If a jet is sitting, somebody's losing money every hour.
Might be you.
You didn't land here by accident. You're here because something is stuck: a jet, a deal, a file nobody wants to touch. While that aircraft sits quiet on the ramp, the meter runs. Hangar fees. Insurance. Maintenance schedules are slipping. Legal bills are stacking up. Every hour of silence costs real money, and somebody's writing those checks.
This isn't about selling dreams or polished marketing decks. This is about moving assets that scare other brokers away. The ones with messy paperwork. The ones tied up in liens, probate, or court holds. The ones everybody calls "unsellable" until someone who understands the file shows up and proves them wrong.
The private aviation market is shifting. Smart money is moving from hype to hard assets, from hope to control. Crypto's volatile. The economy's loud. People are nervous. And when fear enters the market, discounts appear, but only for those who know how to navigate the paperwork that everyone else runs from.
You're not here to learn aviation basics. You're here because you recognize opportunity when you see it, even when it's wrapped in complexity. Even when it's sitting on a dark ramp with a blinking beacon and a stack of unsolved problems.
You can feel it
The same way people felt it when AI hit. Whispers at first. Then everywhere. Then the late ones are scrambling, trying to catch up to something that has already moved.
That's exactly what this moment is.
Crypto's swinging wild. The economy's making noise nobody can ignore. Traditional investments feel uncertain. People who built wealth in one era are looking for stability in the next. They're not panicking; they're repositioning.
Smart money doesn't chase headlines. It gets quiet. It moves deliberately. It shifts from hype to hard assets, from hope to control, and from speculation to something you can touch, document, and verify.
And right now, that shift is creating the kind of opportunity that only appears when markets recalibrate. When fear creates discounts. When complexity scares away the majority, leaving room for those who understand what everyone else is running from.
Private aviation sits at the intersection of this shift. High-value assets. Real utility. Global mobility. But unlike stocks or crypto, these deals require someone who can navigate the paperwork, untangle the liens, and turn a grounded aircraft into a wire-ready transaction.
Where control lives
Right now, control doesn't live in the jet itself. It doesn't live in the avionics, the engines, or the leather interior. It doesn't even live up to the market value everyone argues about.
Control lives in the paperwork nobody wants to touch.
The file decides everything. Whether a buyer wires money or ghosts the deal. Whether a bank forecloses or restructures. Whether an estate dissolves an asset at a loss or finds a clean exit. Whether an MRO gets paid or keeps chasing invoices that never clear.
Every grounded jet has a story. Some are clean and rare, but they exist. Most are complicated. A missing logbook entry. An unresolved lien from three owners ago. A title with the wrong signature. An unpaid maintenance bill that became a legal hold. A court case that froze everything mid-transaction.
These aren't small problems. They're deal killers. And they're why jets sit longer than they should, losing value every month while legal teams bill hours and brokers move on to easier listings.
But here's what most people miss: the file is solvable. It requires process, not magic. It requires someone who understands aviation law, lien priority, title transfer, and how to navigate the bureaucracy that makes buyers pause. Someone who treats paperwork like the financial instrument it actually is.
That's where this operation lives. Not in the glossy brochures. In the files.

This is a new era. The file decides everything.
Picture the ramp at dusk
A private jet sits alone on the tarmac. No passengers walking toward it. No crew preparing for departure. No catering truck. No fuel line. No movement at all.
Just stillness.
Heat lifts off the concrete in slow waves. The sun drops lower, painting the fuselage in amber and shadow. A red beacon on the tail blinks in a rhythm that is slow, mechanical, and unchanging. The kind of rhythm that measures time in expensive increments.
From a distance, it looks peaceful. Cinematic, even. The kind of shot that ends up in a luxury magazine or a filmmaker's portfolio. But if you know what you're looking at, that stillness isn't peaceful at all.
It's the loudest thing in private aviation.
Because while that jet sits there looking beautiful in the fading light, someone is paying for every second of that silence. Hangar fees don't pause. Insurance doesn't pause. Scheduled maintenance doesn't pause. Legal bills don't pause. Time doesn't pause.
And neither does depreciation.
Every month that aircraft sits without flying, it loses value. Not because anything is breaking, though that can happen too, but because the market knows. Buyers know. Brokers know. A jet that sits too long starts carrying a story, whether it's true or not. And stories cost money when it's time to sell.
This is the scene most people never think about when they imagine private aviation. But it's the scene that creates every opportunity in this space.
The meter
35%
Hangar & Storage
Monthly facility costs whether the jet flies or not
25%
Insurance
Full coverage premiums on grounded assets
20%
Maintenance
Scheduled inspections and compliance requirements
15%
Legal & Admin
Ongoing documentation and regulatory costs
5%
Time
The invisible cost of every delayed decision
Inside that stillness is the loudest sound in private aviation: a running meter.
It doesn't stop when the engines shut down. It doesn't pause when negotiations stall. It doesn't care about excuses, delays, or "we're working on it." It just runs, compounding every day the situation stays unresolved.
Hangar fees alone can run $2,000 to $8,000 monthly depending on location and aircraft size. Insurance on a grounded jet, especially one with title complications or unresolved claims, can cost $15,000 to $40,000 annually. Maintenance schedules don't adjust for non-operation; certain inspections are calendar-based, not flight-hour-based, meaning the clock ticks whether the jet moves or not.
Then there's legal. If the jet is tied up in probate, foreclosure, or lien disputes, every billable hour adds to the cost of eventual resolution. Some estates spend $30,000 to $80,000 in legal fees trying to clear a title that could have been solved faster with the right process from the start.
And none of this accounts for depreciation, the quiet erosion of value that happens when an aircraft sits too long. Market perception shifts. Buyers assume problems. Comparable sales drop. What was worth $1.2 million last year might barely clear $900K today, not because anything broke, but because time passed and nothing moved.
Everybody has an excuse. You have invoices.
Why deals go quiet
Buyers aren't ghosting your jet. They're ghosting your file.
This is the part most sellers don't understand until it's too late. They assume the deal died because the price was too high, or the market shifted, or the buyer found something better. Sometimes that's true. But more often, the deal died because of something in the paperwork that made a serious buyer walk away without saying why.
One missing logbook. Not the whole maintenance history, just one gap in the records that raises questions about airworthiness or service intervals. That's enough to kill a wire transfer.
One lien. Even a small one. Even one that "should have been cleared years ago." If it's still on record, it's still a problem. And buyers don't wire money into problems.
One wrong signer. A title transfer document with a signature from someone who no longer has legal authority. Happens constantly in estate sales, divorces, and corporate restructures. Fixable, but only if you know it's there before the buyer's attorney finds it.
One dirty title. An ownership chain with a missing link. A previous transfer that wasn't properly recorded. A name discrepancy between the FAA registration and the bill of sale. These are the quiet killers of high-value transactions.
One unpaid MRO bill. A maintenance facility that's owed money and filed a lien. Even if the current owner didn't incur the debt, it's now attached to the aircraft. And it has to be resolved before the deal can close.
One court hold. A legal freeze from a lawsuit, a bankruptcy, or a divorce proceeding. The jet might be physically available, but legally it's untouchable until the court releases it. And courts move slowly.
That's all it takes. One item. And the deal goes quiet.
FILE CHECK
The truth
The jet isn't the problem. The file is.
You can have a perfect aircraft with low hours, impeccable maintenance, recent avionics upgrades, and a pristine interior. But if the paperwork doesn't support a clean transfer, none of that matters. The deal won't close.
This is what separates aviation from almost every other asset class. You can sell a house with a clouded title if the price is right. You can move a car with missing service records. But an aircraft? The FAA doesn't play. Lenders don't play. Insurance underwriters don't play. And serious buyers definitely don't play.
The file has to be defensible. Every logbook entry. Every AD compliance notation. Every ownership transfer. Every lien release. Every inspection signoff. If something's missing, if something's unclear, or if something doesn't match, the deal pauses. And in this market, pauses turn into ghosts.
But here's what most people miss: the file is fixable. It's not magic. It's a process. And if you know the process, you can turn an "unsellable" jet into a wire-ready transaction in 90 to 120 days. Not by hiding problems. By solving them.
The old era vs the new era
The Old Era
Sold shiny jets to people who wanted to be seen.
Glossy brochures. Champagne photos. Aspirational marketing. Aircraft with perfect histories, celebrity previous owners, and price tags that made headlines.
That market still exists. But it's crowded. Every broker chases the same listings. Every seller expects retail pricing. Every deal takes months of polishing and positioning and hoping the right buyer appears.
It's a beautiful business. But it's not where the margins are.
The New Era
Moves the ones nobody wants to touch.
Repo'd assets. Bank foreclosures. Probate sales. Lien tangled aircraft. Court-ordered liquidations. The jets that sit longer than they should because the paperwork scares people away.
Dead weight then. Opportunity now.
Because when everyone else walks away from complexity, that's where real discounts appear. Not 5% off retail. Not "motivated seller" pricing. Real acquisition opportunities are 18% to 27% below market if you can solve the file.
Fear creates discounts. The process captures them.
This era doesn't sell dreams. It solves problems. And problems, when solved correctly, pay better than fantasies ever did.
What matters
Clean File
Every document is defensible. Every signature is valid. Every lien cleared. Every logbook entry is traceable.
Clear Authority
Legal right to sell, properly documented. No court holds. No disputed ownership. No signature gaps.
Risk Removed
The buyer's attorney can verify everything. No hidden problems. No surprises in due diligence.
Wire-Ready
The deal can close in days, not months. No waiting on paperwork. No last-minute discoveries.
Not hype. Not photos. Not "my broker said it's worth more."
What matters in this market is simple: can the deal actually close? Can a buyer wire money and take possession without legal exposure? Can an escrow agent release funds without holding back reserves for unresolved issues? Can the FAA registration transfer without flags?
If the answer to any of those questions is "maybe" or "we're working on it," the deal isn't real yet. It's hope. And hope doesn't cash.
This is why most distressed aviation deals die. Not because the aircraft isn't valuable. Not because buyers don't exist. But because nobody did the unsexy work of making sure the file could support a clean transaction before putting the jet on the market.
Clean file. Clear authority. Risk removed. Wire-ready.
Everything else is noise.
Who this is for
This is for quiet money. People who don't posture online. They move in real life.
They don't need to prove anything to anyone. They don't post about their wins. They don't talk about deals until they close. They operate with access over content, discretion over visibility, and substance over spectacle.
They recognize opportunity when they see it, even when it's wrapped in complexity that scares other people away. Especially then. Because they understand that fear creates discounts, and discounts create margins, and margins create returns that don't require explaining yourself on social media.
If you're reading this, you're probably already in that category. Or you're moving toward it. You've built wealth somewhere else: real estate, business exits, and investments that paid off when you made the right move at the right time. And now you're looking at private aviation not as a status symbol, but as an asset class.
You're not here for the fantasy. You're here because you can see what's happening. The market's shifting. Smart money is repositioning. And the people who understand distressed assets, how to evaluate them, how to clean them up, and how to move them are going to capture returns that the glossy-brochure crowd will never touch.
This isn't for everyone. It's not meant to be. It's for people who understand that real opportunity lives in the spaces other people avoid.
The doors
The Owner
Your buyer went quiet. Your bills didn't. You're paying monthly costs on an asset that was supposed to sell months ago, and now you're starting to wonder if it ever will.
The Estate
You inherited wings and paperwork you don't understand. The lawyer says there are "complications." The accountant says it's depreciating. And you just want it resolved.
The Bank
You're holding a defaulted asset losing value every month. It's not your business to operate jets. It's your business to clear non-performing loans and move on.
The MRO
A jet is parked at your facility. Money's owed. The owner's gone quiet. And you need it gone so you can free up the hangar space and collect what you're owed.
The Buyer
You want the discount but only if the risk is actually clear. You've seen too many "deals" blow up in due diligence. You need proof the file is clean before you wire anything.
The Early One
You're not stuck yet. You just see what's coming. The market's shifting. You want to position before everyone else figures it out and the opportunity window closes.
The rule
Different doors. Same truth.
Messy file = real money pauses.
Clean file = the deal moves.
It doesn't matter which door you came through. Owner, estate, bank, MRO, buyer, early mover: the outcome depends on the same thing: can the file support a defensible transaction?
If yes, the deal closes. If no, it sits. And sitting costs money every single day.
The good news: most files are fixable. Not all of them. But most. And the ones that are? They turn into exits. Clean, documented, wire-ready exits that pay better than anything in the glossy listings.
What we move
We Handle
  • Distressed: Assets under financial pressure, motivated sellers, time-sensitive exits
  • Court-tied: Bankruptcy proceedings, probate sales, divorce liquidations, legal holds
  • Lien-tied: Unpaid maintenance, unpaid storage, mechanics liens, vendor claims
  • Paperwork-tied: Missing logbooks, title gaps, signature issues, incomplete records
The stuff other brokers ghost. The deals that require actual file work instead of just posting photos and hoping.
We don't chase retail listings. We don't compete for the shiny jets with clean histories and celebrity provenance. We work the lane behind the hangar doors, the one where complexity creates opportunity and process creates profit.
We Don't Handle
  • Fantasy pricing: Sellers who ignore market reality and expect miracles
  • No authority: People who don't have legal right to sell but want to "explore options"
  • Just browsing: Curiosity seekers who aren't serious about solving the problem
If your file is real, even if it's messy, we treat it like money. Because that's what it is.
But if you're not serious about resolution, if you're not willing to provide documentation, if you're hoping someone will overpay just because you need them to, this isn't the right fit.
We move exits. Not fantasies.
The operator
I'm Temycka
Private jet broker and strategist for distressed aviation deals.
I flip repossessed, bank-owned, foreclosed, auctioned, probate-tied, seized, grounded, abandoned, decommissioned, and mechanically challenged jets into profit moves. Not liabilities.
This isn't my side project. This is what I do. Full-time. Every day. I don't list pretty jets for people who want to feel important. I solve files that scare other brokers into silence.
I came into this space because I saw what everyone else was ignoring: a massive category of high-value assets sitting idle because nobody wanted to do the unsexy work of fixing the paperwork. Estates stuck in probate. Banks holding non-performing loans. MROs with unpaid invoices and grounded aircraft taking up hangar space. Owners drowning in monthly costs while their "broker" ghosts them after the listing goes cold.
All of it is solvable. All of it profitable. If you know the process.
So I learned the process. Aviation law. Lien priority. Title transfer mechanics. FAA registration requirements. How to navigate court sales. How to structure deals that protect buyers and close fast. How to turn a $780K distressed Learjet into a $991K wire-ready exit in 90 days.
I don't handle jets. I handle exits. And exits, when done right, pay better than listings ever will.
Receipts
$14.2M
Distressed Deals Closed
Total transaction volume since 2023 across repo, foreclosure, probate, and court sales
18–27%
Average Margin
After file cleanup, legal resolution, and positioning for wire-ready buyers
90–120
Days to Exit
Average timeline from file triage to closed transaction once authority is clear
These aren't projections. They're closed deals. Real transactions. Real wire transfers. Real exits for people who were stuck until someone showed up who understood how to solve the file.
Results vary by aircraft, liens, records, and market conditions. Not every deal hits a 27% margin. Not every file resolves in 90 days. Some jets are too far gone. Some files are unsolvable. Some sellers aren't serious. That's part of the process of knowing which deals are real and which ones are just hope disguised as opportunity.
But when the file is solvable and the authority is clear, the math works. It works consistently. And it works better than chasing retail listings where fifty brokers are competing for the same buyer pool.
This is a new lane. And the lane pays.