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Bill Strait William Strait is President and CEO Private Jet Group International. His company's Private Jet services include specialized aviation business consulting, capital solutions, insurance brokerage, targeted training solutions, and provision of qualified flight crews. All of which are in great demand by the rapidly growing international very light jet marketplace.

Bill is a veteran aviator and corporate manager with over thirty years of civilian flying experience in the general aviation, corporate, and commercial sectors. He has logged more than 20,000 hours of safe flying experience while traveling to more than 50 countries and is an active Captain on the MD-11 for a major international freight carrier. His professional path to this level includes type ratings in the G-1, DC-9, B-727, B-757/ 767, and seaplanes plus instructor pilot ratings in the B-727, B-757, and B-767.

His passion in life is aviation and his personal goal is to help those interested in aviation fully realize their dreams-whether it be to discover flying or to create a successful aviation business. It was this entrepreneurial aviation spirit that caused Bill to become one of the early promoters of the very light jet market sector through his publication of this online magazine. As its managing editor, Bill is now recognized as a key leader in this exciting Private Jet aviation business sector.

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Eclipse Generates Charter Revenue for North American Jet

North American Jet Charter recently flew the first ever Part 135 Very Light Jet Charter revenue trip from Chicago to Baltimore. The wheels of cash registers of Charter and Air- Taxi providers are oiled and ready for more action...

AVweb reports on this historic event. It is interesting to me that the skeptics are strangely quiet about the reality of VLJs and their value to us as a new way to travel.

Speed of Light is my recent feature article on the subject of Very Light Jets. I just completed the feature on VLJs for the NBAA Business Journal. In the last few days I have also provided phone interviews upon the request of publications including Harrods Magazine and the Christian Science Monitor. The diversity of interest in VLJs is becoming progressively more apparent...

John Wolf, the newly named chairman and chief executive of Adam Aircraft, takes the helm and the Denver Post has the full story. Rick Adam of Adam aircraft Industries has retired form service there to pursue other opportunities. I am personally grateful to Rick for his help in the development of this publication. Rick provided the first VLJ CEO interview for this publication. Godspeed, Rick!

Very Light Jet Magazine is becoming VLJ Magazine®. VLJ Group LLC, our parent company, received the Issue of Trademark Certificate last week.

I'm off to Honolulu in search of VLJ stories and then to California to talk about VLJs with FBO owners and Airport Managers. NBAA in Atlanta is September 25, 26, and 27. See you There?