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

Upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) provider Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) on Tuesday broke ground on a 25,000-sq-ft headquarters and 40,000-sq-ft support facility at the north end of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA). Set to open later this year, the Arizona complex will allow APS to streamline operations and house aircraft and simulators needed for its UPRT programs.

 


In addition to the expansive hangar additions, the facilities will include dedicated operational training areas with expanded classrooms, briefing rooms, flight simulation, integrated multimedia technologies, and indoor/outdoor lounge and deck areas for customers. It will also have expanded centralized business areas for APS employees.

 


“Our new world headquarters facilities in Arizona expand our teams’ ability to accomplish our company vision to help pilots bring everyone home safely,” said APS CEO Paul Ransbury. “As demand for UPRT continues to rise, APS leads the industry with programs, facilities, training platforms, and elite instructional expertise to assure leading-edge, quality-assured and standardized upset training that comprehensively reduces every pilot’s risk of loss of control in-flight [LOC-I], aviation’s number-one cause of fatalities.”

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

APS Breaks Ground on New Mesa HQ Complex

Aviation Performance Solutions broke ground on a new 25,000-sq-ft headquarters and 40,000-sq-ft support facility at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport .

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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AmyWilder

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Hanneke Weitering

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Aircraft avionics and training systems are evolving with artificial intelligence

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Charles Alcock

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

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