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

PC-12 strikes fence after landing slide

Pilatus PC-12/47, Bridgeport, Conn., June 12, 2009– The fractionally owned single-engine turboprop was substantially damaged when it struck a blast fence o
Environment

Synthetic fuels stride toward approval

The prospect of synthetic fuel qualification took an important step closer to reality last month when ASTM International’s aviation fuels subcommittee pass
Safety

Bizav logs an exceptionally safe first half

While business aircraft flight hours are down from this time last year, the level of industry safety has improved disproportionately, according to statisti

Meyer joins aerospace pantheon

The National Aviation Hall of Fame honored one of general aviation’s most influential figures when it inducted Russell Meyer Jr., former chairman and CEO o
Safety

Bizjet, Turboprop Safety Improves Greatly in 1H09

While business aircraft flight hours are down from last year, the level of industry safety has increased disproportionately, according to statistics releas
Maintenance and Modifications

Engine Test Run Severely Damages Learjet

On June 18 a Learjet 40XR suffered severe damage at Fort Worth’s Meacham International Airport after an engine thrust control became stuck while taxiing du
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Environment

Synthetic Fuels Move Toward Acceptance

The possibility of commercially available synthetic jet fuels took a step closer to reality last week when ASTM International’s aviation fuels subcommittee
Safety

FAA Issues New Advisory on In-cabin Lithium Fires

The FAA yesterday issued a
Accidents

Accidents final report: S-76 damaged in landing pad accident

Sikorsky S-76A, Santa Maria, Calif., June 27, 2008–The pilot’s misjudgment of clearance from an object during a hovering turn for landing was the pr
Accidents

Accidents final report: unchocked Falcon struck fence after taxiing

Dassault Falcon 50, Asheville, N.C., Nov.
Accidents

Accidents final reports: Dust and glare caused pilot misjudgment

Eurocopter AS 350B2, Cave Creek, Ariz., Feb.
Accidents

Accidents Final Report:Turboprop suffered main gear collapse

Rockwell 690C, Minden, Nev., May 2, 2008–The board was unable to determine why both main landing gear collapsed, substantially damaging th
Accidents

Accidents Preliminary Report: Falcon damaged after slip on icy runway

Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec.
Accidents

Accidents: Helicopter suffers damage in loss of engine cowling

Bell 222, Milliken, Colo., March 13, 2009–Several parts were seen to fall off the helicopter while in flight, landing in the observer’s ya
Accidents

Accidents: Control rigging error examined in Convair crash

Convair CV-580, Columbus, Ohio, Sept.
Accidents

Accidents: King Air accident in Brazil claims 14

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B350, Porto Segura, Brazil, May 23, 2009–Operated by Metered Holdings, the turboprop twin crashed approximately 200 yards short
Accidents

Accidents: Russian helicopter crash kills all on board

Bell 407, Malyshkino, Russia, May 10, 2009–The helicopter was substantially damaged when it crashed in the Irkutsk region approximately th

Industry Golf Outing Helps To Keep CAN Flying

This year’s Greater Washington Aviation Open raised $95,000 for the Corporate Angel Network, the White Plains, N.Y.-based charity that puts cancer patients
Accidents

Accidents: APU fire damages Embrear regional jet

Embraer ERJ 145, Kemi, Finland, Dec.

Awards & Honors

Nicholas Chabraja of General Dynamics and Robert Stevens of Lockheed Martin have been named to worldwide intelligence-based adv

Change at the Helm of Piper

Following the resignation of president and CEO James Bass, Piper Aircraft has promoted two of its senior executives to assume his duties.

Final Flight

Charles “Charlie” Morris, 90, a former NBAA board member and long-time head of Mobil’s corporate flight depart- ment, died on June 17 in Norwalk, Conn.

People in Aviation July'09

David Schmidt has been named president of newly formed Tailwind Technologies subsidiary Hartzell Aerospace.

Experts divided on industry rebound

The radical shifts in business aviation over the past year were the focus of last month’s 16th annual Corporate Aircraft Transactions seminar held in New Y
Aircraft

LHT undertakes restoration of Super Star Constellation

The Lockheed L-1649A Super Star was the queen of the skies in the late 1950s and it might again become a familiar sight aloft, according to Lufthansa Techn

Curtiss-Wright at home on military, commercial aircraft

The Curtiss-Wright Corporation can trace its lineage back to the very dawn of aviation.

Alenia tests Sky-Y UAV in Italy

Alenia Aeronautica’s Sky-Y unmanned technology demonstrator has completed its most recent series of tests in Italy.
Accidents

Final Report: Eclipse Lost Fairing in Flight

Eclipse EA-500, Rockford, Ill., July 17, 2008–The NTSB has determined the probable cause of the separation of the left-side wing-to-body f
Accidents

Final Report: Poor Communication Cited In Flagstaff EMS Midair

Two Bell 407s, Flagstaff, Ariz., June 29, 2008–The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident was the failure of both pilots to se
Accidents

Final Report: Contact with power line downed two helicopters

Hughes 269B, Salesville, Ark., July 15, 2008–The board ruled that the probable cause of the helicopter crash was the pilot’s failure to ma