UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. ___________)*
Aviation Sales Company
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
053672101
(CUSIP Number)
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this
statement [].
*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in
a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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1) Name of Reporting Person
S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of Above Persons
Robert Alpert
###-##-####
2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions)
(a)___________________________________
(b)___________________________________
3) SEC Use Only__________________________
4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Harris County,
Texas, US
Number of (5) Sole Voting Power: 2,259,000
Shares Bene-
ficially (6) Shared Voting Power: _________
Owned by
Each Report- (7) Sole Dispositive Power: 2,259,000
ing Person With
(8) Shared Dispositive Power: ________
9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting
Person
2,259,000
10) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes
Certain Shares
______________________________________
11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row 9: 29.1%
12) Type of Reporting Person: IN
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1(a) Name of Issuer: Aviation Sales Company
1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
6905 N.W. 25th Street, Miami, Florida 33122
2(a) Name of Person Filing: Robert Alpert
2(b) Address of Principal Business Office:
15311 Vantage Parkway W., Suite 315, Houston, TX 77032
2(c) Citizenship: Harris County, Texas, US
2(d) Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock
2(e) CUSIP Number: 053672101
3 Inapplicable
4 Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 2,259,000
(b) Percent of Class: 21.9%
(c) Number of shares as to which such person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
2,259,000
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
_________
(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of: 2,259,000
(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
________
5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
Inapplicable
6 Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person
Inapplicable
7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company
Inapplicable
8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
Inapplicable
9 Notice of Dissolution of Group
Inapplicable
10 Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired
in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for
the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in
any transaction having such purpose or effect.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
October 21, 1996
Date
Robert Alpert
Name
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