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                                                                      Exhibit 23

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

To the Board of Directors
Kellstrom Industries, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No.
333-20727, No. 333-41159, No. 333-62247 and No. 333-80015) on Form S-8 and in
the registration statements (No. 333-10313, No. 333-44019 and No. 333-52917) on
Form S-3 of Kellstrom Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries of our report dated
March 28, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Kellstrom
Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 2000, and the related financial statement
schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form
10-K of Kellstrom Industries, Inc. and subsidiaries.


Fort Lauderdale, Florida
April 9, 2001