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

Convinced that he can round up enough U.S. investors to keep Cirrus Aircraft on American soil, consultant Brian Foley has began organizing a counter-offer in a bid to trump <a href="?q=node/28837">ChinaÕs plan to buy the Duluth, Minn.-based light aircraft builder</a> from Bahraini majority owner Arcapita and the several hundred individual minority shareholders who currently own the company. When he made the announcement, Foley said he is Òconfident we can identify and combine enough qualified investors who value CirrusÕs promise as a distinctively American company.Ó That appears to have been proved true–at press time he told AIN that two individual investors and a third group of investors each have the financial backing, and the interest, to buy Cirrus outright. Though details of CirrusÕs pending sale to China were not made public, Foley expects the price to be in the $200 million-plus range.

Bizav Analyst Leads Cirrus Counter-offer Bid

Convinced that he can round up enough U.S.

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