Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;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&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;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.

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Chad Trautvetter

Epic Aircraft parent company Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) and Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM) in June further cemented their joint venture to develop the eight-seat TAM-AIR Elite Jet for the CIS market. The sole Elite Jet prototype will be based temporarily at TAM’s facility at Tbilisi International Airport in the republic of Georgia for demonstration and marketing purposes.
During a ceremony marking the twinjet’s debut in Tbilisi, Epic CEO Rick Schrameck announced that the Elite Jet will be certified first in Russia, with TAM leading and funding this effort. TAM will also manufacture the all-composite very light jet for the CIS market. Schrameck told AIN that he expects to obtain Transport Canada, FAA and EASA approvals (in that order) later next year for the company’s Dynasty turboprop single, with the Elite and single-engine Victory VLJ following the same certification path about two years later. Schrameck was unable to give a timeline estimate on TAM’s Russian certification efforts. The Dynasty, Victory and non-CIS-bound Elite Jets will be produced by Epic “somewhere in North America,” Schrameck said, though not necessarily at the company’s plant in Bend, Ore.\

Epic Elite Jet To Be Certified in Russia First

Epic Aircraft parent company Aircraft Investor Resources (AIR) and Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing (TAM) in June further cemented their joint venture to dev

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