A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;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&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;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&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;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.

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Cunningham Aviation’s FBO at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ) in Mesa, Arizona—opened since <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-11-23/arizona-airport-receive-new-fbo">2021</a>—has strengthened its position there with the acquisition of rival Avflight Mesa’s assets. The move brings the number of service providers at the airport to two.
Included in the purchase is Avflight’s former 7,000-sq-ft terminal on the north side of the field and a 10,000-sq-ft hangar capable of sheltering the latest ultra-long-range business jets. Company founder and president George Cunningham told AIN he plans to continue to maintain and operate that facility, along with his existing 6,000-sq-ft terminal and 30,000-sq-ft hangar, which can accommodate turboprops and light jets.
Cunningham also added Avflight’s fuel farm with a capacity of 20,000 gallons of jet-A and 25,000 gallons of avgas. This more than doubles its previous fuel capacity at KFFZ.
As a result of the deal, Cunningham will transition to Avflight’s sister company, Avfuel, as its fuel supplier.&nbsp;“We’re excited to bring the Avflight Mesa operation into the Cunningham Aviation family,” George Cunningham said. “This asset acquisition is an important milestone that allows us to better serve the needs of the growing general aviation community at Falcon Field while preserving the personalized service that defines our family-owned business.”

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