Aleck Gradijan, Jr. aviation career spans over fifty years.
After completion of military service and his education Mr. Gradijan enhanced his technical knowledge in the early days of the space program with the guidance systems of Titan and Apollo.
His entry into General Aviation as a Field Service Representative for Beech Aircraft set the foundation for his future knowledge in the industry.
Ultimately aircraft marketing is where he found his niche. Starting with the Beechcraft organization in the late 1960's he quickly moved to manage a Piper Aircraft franchise developing it into a national sales operation. From 1974 Mr. Gradijan owned and managed his own Aircraft Sales Companies with offices in Arizona and Utah serving an International market.
He shortly discovered retirement in the early 1990's was not for him and several of his previous customers encouraged him to manage their flight departments.
Throughout his aviation career he was always amused that people would pay him for doing what he loved to do.