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                                                                    Exhibit 5.1



                         SHAPO, FREEDMAN & BLOOM, P.A.
                               COUNSELLORS AT LAW

                          FIRST UNION FINANCIAL CENTER

                                   SUITE 4750

                         200 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD

                              MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131


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                                                                  FACSIMILE NO.
MARITZA GONZALEZ                    (305)358-4440                (305) 358-0521


                                 March 11, 1998

Jet Aviation Trading, Inc.
15675 N.W. 15 Avenue
Miami, Florida  33169

Re:  Jet Aviation Trading, Inc. (the "Company") Registration Statement on Form
     SB-2 (the "Registration Statement") Covering the Proposed Offering of an
     Aggregate of 2,969,000 Shares of Common Stock, $.001 Par Value by Certain
     Selling Security Holders

Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel for the Company in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement relating to the proposed offering of
the Common Stock by certain selling security holders.

         As such, we are familiar with the Registration Statement relating to
the offering and the preliminary prospectus included therein (the "Prospectus").
We have examined a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation (as amended) and
By-Laws of the Company (as amended) and such other documents and corporate
records as we deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion.

         On the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

                  (i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
                  existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
                  the State of Florida and has authorized and issued capital
                  stock as set forth in the Prospectus.

                  (ii) All of the Common Stock to be sold by the Selling
                  Security Holders in the offering have been duly and validly
                  authorized and are either fully paid and nonassessable, or
                  when issued pursuant to the exercise of the Warrants, will be
                  fully paid and nonassessable.


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    COUNSELLORS AT LAW


Jet Aviation Trading, Inc.
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         The undersigned consents to being named in the above referenced
Registration Statement as counsel for the Company and in the Prospectus as
acting for such Company as to legal matters in connection with the sale of the
Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement and further consents to the
filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.



                                                SHAPO, FREEDMAN & BLOOM, P..A.



                                                By: /s/ Leonard H. Bloom
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                                                        LEONARD H. BLOOM