Curt Epstein
Senior Editor

A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined AIN in 2007, Curt came to the publication from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to AIN sister publication Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s  Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.

Before joining AIN, Curt worked with Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

Latest from Curt Epstein

Accidents

Accidents: December 2011

Preliminary Reports
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Aviation Finance 2011: Lenders loosen the purse strings, for the right buyer and airplane

Lenders loosen the purse strings, for the right buyer and airplane.
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FBOs

Signature DCA Reaches Post 9/11 Milestone

Signature Flight Support at Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) logged 33 business aviation operations on November 16, its largest tally since

People in Aviation: December 2011

Tony Bailey has been promoted to CEO of Indianapolis-based Comlux Aviation Services.
FBOs

Eurojet, Monterey Jet Center and Newton Aviation Join Avfuel Network

Avfuel announced that the Eurojet FBO currently under construction at the UK’s Birmingham Airport near London
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AIN Blog: Fuel Problems Are Bad on the Ground, Worse in the Air

Monitoring fuel quality is a must for FBO operators, too bad its not mandatory for all fuel purveyors.
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Bizcraft Deliveries Down in First Nine Months

The pace of the decline of general aviation aircraft deliveries slowed in the third quarter, according to statistics released yesterday
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People in Aviation: November 2011

People in Aviation: November 2011

Final Report: Poor Preflights Damaged Medevac Helos

The NTSB found the pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection of the engine cowling latches resulted in

Final Report: Pilot Error Caused VLJ Overrun

Eclipse Aviation EA-500, West Chester, Pa. July 30, 2008

Preliminary Report: Cable Strike Downs French Helicopter

Eurocopter AS350B3, Vallorcine, France, Sept. 14, 2011

Preliminary Report: Converted Otter Crashes in Alaska

De Havilland Canada DHC-3T, Kodiak, Alaska, Sept. 23, 2011

Preliminary Report: Taxiing Accident Damages Falcon

Dassault Falcon 20F, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3, 2011

Preliminary Report: Turboprop Goes Down on Approach

Hawker Beechcraft Beech 99A, Cap Haitien, Haiti, Sept. 20, 2011

Preliminary Report: Mu-2 Suffers Nose Gear Failure

Mitsubishi MU-2B-25, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 28, 2011

Preliminary Report: Chartered Helicopter Crashes in Jungle

Bell 412SP, Ropang District, Indonesia, Sept. 25, 2011

Preliminary Report: Twinjet Makes Runway Excursion

Cessna 550 Citation II, Manhuaçu, Brazil, Oct. 7, 2011

Preliminary Report: 19 Dead in Nepal Tour Flight Crash

Hawker Beechcraft 1900D, Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 25, 2011
Airports

Control Tower Reopens at Puerto Rico Airport

After being out of commission for nearly three months, the control tower at Puerto Rico Isla Grande Airport (SIG) finally went back online last week

Signature Agrees To Open Second German FBO

Signature Flight Support has signed an agreement with Frankfurt Airport authorities to open an FBO at Frankfurt Main International Airport.

NBP Throws New Light for Landing

California-based New Bedford Panoramex (NBP) has contracted with the FAA to replace the aging incandescent bulb-powered precision approach path indicator
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FBOs Consolidate at Salt Lake City

Million Air’s Salt Lake City International Airport location has acquired the assets and airport lease of the Salt Lake City Jet Center

Ga Airports Start Runway Projects

Florida’s Sebring Regional Airport has received a $4.2 million FAA grant to rebuild its main runway

Ga Airports Complete Runway Projects

Naples Municipal Airport expects its main runway–5/23, closed since the end of July–to reopen later this month
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Brazil’s Petrobras Plans FBO Increase

BR Aviation, Brazilian fuel provider Petrobras’s aviation fuels division, plans to increase its FBOs at Brazilian airports

Odyssey Set for New Bahamas FBO

Bahamian FBO operator Odyssey Aviation plans to open its new permanent facility at Exuma International Airport (MYEF) this month.