Chad Trautvetter
Online Editor
Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group. He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion, the student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot magazine, he joined AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.
Latest from Chad Trautvetter
Regulations and Government
Revised Bizav Security Plan Coming This Year
According to NBAA, the Transportation Security Administration is pushing to issue a new proposed business aircraft security program by year-end.
Piperjet Altaire Program Suspended ‘Indefinitely’
Piper Aircraft has cancelled its single-engine jet program.
Huntzinger Joins Argus Prism
Dave Huntzinger has joined Argus Prism, an aviation safety management system (SMS) solutions provider, as senior vice president
Piaggio Adds Elite to Sales Team
Van Nuys, Calif.-based Elite Aviation has partnered with Piaggio Aero to expand Piaggio Avanti II sales on the U.S. West Coast.
Aircraft
Dassault Takes FACC Winglets
FACC AG delivered the first set of winglets for a Falcon 2000LX to Dassault Aviation yesterday.
Safety
Sierra STC’s G1000 in Citation 501
Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, received STC’d approval for installation of Garmin G1000 avionics in Cessna Citation 501s
Safety
Shatner To Appear at Safety Standdown
Actor William Shatner will be a guest speaker at the 15th,annual Bombardier Safety Standdown, which takes place next Monday through Wednesday in Wichita.
FBOs
Bizav Traffic Soaring at Shanghai Hawker Pacific
Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre, located at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, is reporting a 145-percent increase
Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter Lift Textron in Third Quarter
Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter parent company Textron reported third-quarter revenues of $2.8 billion yesterday, up 13.5 percent from last year
Rotorcraft
Beware of Moving Presidential TFRs
NBAA’s GA Desk is warning aircraft operators flying on the U.S. East Coast this week to review TFR notams carefully.
ATC
FAA Building New ATC Tower at Cleveland Hopkins
The FAA broke ground yesterday on a new $69 million air traffic control tower and Tracon facility at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
Maintenance and Modifications
JetTech Gets STC for Garmin G600 in Piper Cheyennes
Denver-based JetTech received STC approval to install Garmin G600 avionics with dual flat-panel displays in the Piper Cheyenne III, IIIA and 400LS.
Airports
Landmark Opens FBO at Tampa Airport
Earlier this month Landmark Aviation began operations at the former Signature Flight Support FBO at Tampa (Fla.) International Airport.
Aircraft
Irving To Use Phenom 100 as Flying Classroom
Barrington Irving, founder of Experience Aviation, will use a donated Embraer Phenom 100 light jet as a flying classroom to encourage students to pursue
‘No Plane, No Gain’ Goes Local
Starlink Aviation vice president of sales and marketing Brenda Libby and Charlie Bravo Aviation CEO René Banglesdorf have partnered with NBAA
Airports
Milestone Inks Deal with Eurocopter
elicopter and business aircraft leasing firm Milestone Aviation announced at the Air Medical Transport Conference yesterday that it would purchase...
PiperJet Altaire Program Now Up in the Air
Piper Aircraft announced yesterday that it has placed the PiperJet Altaire program “under review,” clouding the single-engine jet’s future
Training and Workforce
SimCom Assimilating Former FlightSafety Simulators
SimCom Flight Centers has been busy relocating, refurbishing and returning these devices to service at its Dallas and Orlando training centers.
Bizav Flight Activity Retracts Slightly
Last month, business aircraft flight activity in the U.S. rolled back slightly from a year ago, decreasing 1.3 percent
NBAA 2011 Deemed ‘Highly Successful’
As the 64th NBAA Convention closed yesterday, association president and CEO Ed Bolen deemed it a “highly successful” show.
Charter & Fractional
Acana Tackles Charter Issues at NBAA Forum
Acana Tackles Charter Issues at NBAA Forum
Training and Workforce
SimCom: Flight Departments ‘Rightsizing’ Aircraft
Flight departments are rightsizing their aircraft equipment.
Aircraft
Falcon SMS ‘100 Percent Go’ at Dassault
Dassault’s still-under-wraps Falcon super-midsize (SMS) will be in a category above today’s Falcon 2000 series.
China Minsheng Signs for 13 Embraer Legacy 650s
China Minsheng Signs for 13 Embraer Legacy 650s
Foley: Odds Still Favor Bizav Growth
If the economy doesn't recover, then business jet deliveries would plateau, says analyst Brian Foley.
Dassault Signs MoU with Minsheng Financial for 20 Falcons
China's Minsheng Financing signed an MoU for 20 Dassault Falcons.
Maintenance and Modifications
Power 90 King Air Starts Flight Tests
Smyrna Air Center has begun flight testing its Power90 Conversion for the King Air 90 with the 800-shp GE H80 engines.
Avionics
Gogo Biz To Be Factory Option on Cessna Citation CJ4
Cessna Aircraft today announced at the NBAA Convention that it will offer Aircell Gogo Biz high-speed airborne Internet as a factory option for the CJ4.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation Partners Ready To Test New Winglet
Aviation Partners is readying its new blended split-tip Scimitar winglet for flight test.
