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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Gary Jet Center (GJC), one of two FBOs at Gary/Chicago International Airport, has broken ground on a new corporate flight center at the Indiana gateway. At 8,000 sq ft, the new environmentally friendly terminal will more than double the space of the existing structure, which will be retained for tenant offices and expansion of the company’s aircraft maintenance department.


“This corporate flight center is the crowning piece in the Gary Jet Center’s goal of providing the finest flight experience in the Chicago aviation market,” said Wil Davis, chairman and CEO of the family-owned company, which has been in operation for more than 25 years.


Slated for completion this summer, the new $2.5 million terminal will feature a street-side entrance canopy, multiple pilot lounges, a pair of snooze rooms, private conversation rooms, a 12-seat A/V-equipped conference room, business center and kitchen facilities.&nbsp;GJC also offers 115,000 sq ft of heated hangar space.

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