EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
 
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" and
"Selected Financial Data" and to the use of our report dated November 7, 1997
(except Note 14, as to which the date is November 13, 1997), in the Registration
Statement Form S-1 and related Prospectus (the Registration Statement) of Hawker
Pacific Aerospace for the registration of 2,766,667 shares of its Common Stock.
 
Our audit also included the financial statement schedule of Hawker Pacific
Aerospace listed in Item 16(b). The schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our
audit. In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
 
                                          ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Woodland Hills, CA
 
The foregoing consent is in the form that will be signed upon the completion of
the restatement of capital accounts described in Note 14 to the financial
statements.
 
                                          /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
 
Woodland Hills, CA
November 14, 1997