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

FltPlan.com, an online flight-planning company that caters to business aviation operators, said it set new records for the number of flight plans filed with the FAA this summer. According to FltPlan.com, it handled 14.5 percent more business jet and turboprop flight plans in August than a year earlier. The number of flight plans filed also increased a similar amount in June and July, the firm noted. "It is now clear that 2009 was the low point for business flying, since the economic downturn hit in the fall of 2008," the company added. FltPlan.com claims it now computes and then files with the FAA more than 65 percent of all flight plans for the turbine business aircraft fleet in the U.S. Its flight-plan filing service is free for airplane operators. "It is gratifying to see business flying show recovery from the economic recession, and FltPlan.com is making continuous improvements to serve pilots and aircraft operators better," said FltPlan.com vice president Bruce Connolly.

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