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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Curt Epstein

Industry luxury leather supplier Moore &amp; Giles has introduced three new exclusive leather collections to its portfolio of interior and seat coverings. The Madrid line is a wet-green tanned leather produced in Spain, in a palette of rich saturated colors. It features a natural aesthetic that shows off all of the unique markings and characteristics of the hides, which are finished with natural oils and water-soluble lacquer bases to achieve a shiny polished surface with color transparency.

 


Next is the Jakarta Metallic, a variation on the company's existing Jakarta collection, which features a garment tannage that emphasizes the grain texture of the leather and imparts a soft feel. Tipping further highlights the peaks of the grain, causing a two-toned color effect on its surface. Those factors combine to make it a “unique concept in upholstery leather,” according to the Virginia-based company. The new version offers a metallic finish, which further adds luminous dimension and modern appeal.

 


Lastly, the Brentwood line is full-bodied leather with a soft wax finish. Tanned in Italy on lighter weight European hides, it will develop a rich patina with time and age, lending itself to upholstery applications.

 


In business for 85 years, the firm (Booth J107), has also expanded some of its popular existing collections with new color offerings. In the Jakarta collection, that includes Library Green, Sangria, Chocolate Gold, Cream Gold, and Sand Gold, while Adriatic, Larkspur, Nile, Orchid, and Tangier join the Mont Blanc collection, which features rich colors that rise to the surface through layers of finishing waxes.

 


New to the Cottswald collection, a nubuck leather from Italy with a velvety feel, made from European hides, are the tropical shades of Aster, Citrine, Espresso, Habanero, Iris Blue, Jade, and Raisin.

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