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

Jerry Johnson, the recently retired chief pilot at Pilatus PC-12 fractional provider PlaneSense, received the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. The award “recognizes the efforts of pilots who have followed and continue to follow the precaution and awareness of safe flight operations.” It is given only to pilots who have contributed and maintained safe flight operations for 50 or more consecutive years of piloting aircraft. By the time Johnson retired from aviation, he had logged more than 37,000 hours TT.

Retired PlaneSense Chief Pilot Receives Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award

Award given only to pilots who have contributed and maintained safe flight operations for 50 or more consecutive years.

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