Hanzlik Aviation, based in Aiken, South Carolina, provides nationwide aircraft sales and acquisition services. Our process follows the same careful, honest, by-the-numbers approach we use every time we fly.
The patriarch of the Hanzlik aviator lineage, R. O. Hanzlik learned to fly in a Curtiss Jenny in the late 1920s in Southern California, serving as a civilian instructor for the Army Air Corps before joining the U.S. Navy in 1942. At his retirement from flying in 2001, at 93, he was the 7th oldest active pilot in the United States.
Instructed by his father in the family Luscombe 8A beginning at 14 and soloing on his 16th birthday, Rayburn D. Hanzlik served as a Navy Air Intelligence Officer, assigned to a squadron aboard USS Ranger in 1965–66. He remained an avid private pilot for more than fifty years. Pictured with his father's restored 1946 Aeronca Sedan at Oshkosh, 1993.
Continuing the Hanzlik tradition, Nicholas started flying at 15 and holds commercial single- and multiengine certificates. Now based in Aiken, South Carolina, with aircraft sales experience dating back to 2017, he puts his experience and passion to work for sellers and buyers across the country.
Our expertise is owner-flown general aviation, including Beechcraft, Cessna, Cirrus, Diamond, Mooney, and Piper, plus select turbine examples.
We bring your aircraft to market practically and professionally.
What's your mission? We'll find the perfect airplane to meet your needs.
All-inclusive brokerage service, with the valuation fee credited at closing.
Search, vetting, pre-buy coordination, negotiation, and closing. Paid at closing.
A written market valuation and logbook review, and the first step for every listing. Sell with us and it is credited back in full.
All engagements in writing, including listing term. Escrow and title through an independent, FAA-recognized escrow agent.
Before Hanzlik Aviation, Nicholas Mayer was already helping owners buy and sell privately owned aircraft. Below is a selection he has represented and sold over the years.
Brokered with a pilot's judgment. — The Hanzlik family standard
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