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History of Loudoun Aviation

Loudoun Aviation, Inc. was founded in 2001 by Peter Leonard-Morgan and Susan Kopacz with a vision to provide their clients, both buyers and sellers of corporate jets and twin turbine helicopters, with the finest possible level of service through their experience, teamwork, loyalty and dedication

Loudoun Aviation believes that the following core principles summarize the foundation stones of our company:

Reliability - We pride ourselves on being an experienced aircraft brokerage firm. Unlike aircraft dealers, who purchase low and sell high, our fiduciary responsibility is to our clients, their interests and ultimately getting our client the best value.

Hard Work Ethics - Aircraft sales is not a nine to five job. It is a global market and therefore, we make sure that one of the partners is always available immediately to speak to a potential buyer, whether it is 10 a.m. in New York, 10 a.m. in London or 10 a.m. in Shanghai.

Discretion - All of our clients are either high net worth individuals or leading corporations and their business dealings should always remain private. Therefore, we ensure that our aircraft sale and acquisition agreements contain confidentiality clauses, as well as, all of the sample documentation used during the entire sale process to protect our clients' privacy.

Loyalty - Over 90% of our clients have bought or sold more than one aircraft with our assistance over the years. We strongly believe that establishing long term business relationships is the key to long term success. Therefore, we always make certain that our actions reflect what is best for our client even if it makes our job harder. After all, our bread and butter is repeat business.


 
Our People
 
   USA - East Coast Office
 
contact Peter directly at plm@loudounaviation.com
   

Peter Leonard-Morgan
President & CEO

Peter founded the business in 2001. Prior to setting up Loudoun Aviation, he held the post of Director of International Aircraft Sales at the Lynton Group based in the United Kingdom where he was responsible for the Raytheon & Sikorsky franchises held by the company. He has a breadth of experience in mid and long range corporate jet sales, with a special focus on the Falcon, BBJ and Airbus markets. Peter’s contacts within the European business aviation community have been essential to Loudoun Aviation’s international success.

contact Susan directly at
susan@loudounaviation.com
   

Susan Kopacz
Chief Operating Officer

Susan grew up around corporate jets and was trained at one the industry’s leading brokerage companies before co-founding Loudoun Aviation. She brings with her a wealth of experience in business jet sales, with a particular focus on the Citation, Hawker, and Gulfstream markets. Few aviation professionals know the markets like Susan. In fact her ability to sell used aircraft for big names such as Aetna Insurance Company, The Raymond Corporation, and Steve Wynn has firmly established her as one of the top women in the industry.

Angel Sturges
Executive Assistant

Angel comes to Loudoun Aviation from the fractional business jet side of the industry where she spent many years as the on site customer representative for the world’s largest fractional provider. While with NETJETS, she was based at Washington Dulles International Airport and responsible for all aircraft movements out of IAD, DCA and BWI Airports. Her contacts and interpersonal abilities provide us with a superlative support system of which we are immensely proud. Angel can be contacted
directly at angel@loudounaviation.com.

 
   USA - West Coast Office

Ashley Crawford
VP of Aircraft Sales
Ashley received her Bachelor’s of Science from Miami University, OH. She is well versed in the brokerage and acquisition of mid and large cabin corporate jets. Her specialization is with the Bombardier Global, Challenger and Lear product lines since her family has owned and operated Lears and Challengers of their own for many years. Contact Ashley at ashley@loudounaviation.com.
 
   European Office

Claude Jourda
Special Advisor
Claude has been involved in the corporate aviation business for over 30 years, was formerly Governor of EBAA (European Business Aviation Association) and has a successful corporate aircraft management and charter business in Europe and Africa. Before starting his own aircraft management business (XLA Aviation Services, SA), Mr. Jourda was the Group Commercial Director of Aeroleasing ALG and prior to that, he was the Director of Executive Jet Aviation. Having owned a Falcon 900 himself for many years, Claude possesses an personal understanding and client’s view of owning and operating corporate aircraft. Claude can be contacted at claude@loudounaviation.com.
 
Xavier Jourda
Sales Director-Europe
Xavier received his masters degree in International Business from the Idrac Commercial Research Institute in Lyon, France. He is extremely experienced in all aspects of corporate aviation including brokerage, acquisition, charter, and management and has personally managed Falcon 900, Falcon 50, Challenger 600, Challenger 604, and Beech 1900D aircraft. Contact Xavier at xavier@loudounaviation.com.


Organization Memberships

Loudoun Aviation, Inc is a member and proud supporter of:

HAI - Helicopter Association International
www.rotor.com
NBAA - National Business Aviation Association
www.nbaa.org
WAI - Women in Aviation International
www.wai.org
  WCA - Women in Corporate Aviation
www.wca-intl.org
  GWBAA - Greater Washington Business Aviation Association