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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Aircraft Researchers Group (ARG)—a community for business aircraft market researchers, analysts, brokers, operators, and related professionals—is set to hold its first happy hour networking event in conjunction with an NBAA regional forum. It has previously held these in-person gatherings only during NBAA-BACE but is now expanding them to coincide with NBAA’s regional forums in Miami–Opa Locka next week and in White Plains, New York, in mid-May. (ARG is an AIN Media Group subsidiary.)
Membership in <a href="https://www.aircraftresearchersgroup.com/">ARG</a> is free, as are its happy hour events, web-based coffee talks, online group, and newsletters, thanks to industry sponsors. While ARG’s happy hour allows for networking in a casual environment, its frequent coffee talks and WhatsApp group bring members together to discuss current aircraft market trends, research techniques, and analyst insights, among others.
The group’s mission is “to support and elevate aircraft market researchers by providing unbiased education, data-driven discussion, and meaningful professional connection across the business aviation ecosystem.” ARG chair <a href="http://aircraftresearchersgroup@gmail.com/">Mackenzie Messier</a> added, “Aircraft market researchers needed a space that was truly their own. ARG was built to fill that gap by prioritizing honest conversation, peer learning, and independence.”

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