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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Among the companies making their first appearance at NBAA-BACE this year is US Trinity Aviation, a new FBO at Texas’s Denton Enterprise Airport, some 40 minutes from Dallas and 30 minutes from Fort Worth. The Avfuel-branded facility is part of the fuel company’s lineup of exhibiting service providers (Booth 945) this week at the business aviation trade show.

 


The facility&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-09-29/new-fbo-opens-dallas-metroplex">began operations in September 2020</a>, and with last year’s live NBAA convention being canceled due to the Covid pandemic, the company is eager for its first chance to meet with the larger BACE audience.

 


“Since opening our doors a year ago, we have highly anticipated being part of this show,” said general manager Damon Ward. “As you can imagine, opening a brand-new FBO at the height of a pandemic came with some marketing challenges, so we’re looking forward to fully leveraging the opportunity to engage with attendees at NBAA-BACE to introduce operators to US Trinity Aviation.”

 


One of two FBOs on the field, US Trinity offers a 26,300-sq-ft terminal with passenger and crew lounges, two 12-seat conference rooms, large dining area, flight planning area, crew cars, vehicle valet service, on-site car rental, and tenant office space. The facility also features 65,000 sq ft of hangar space that&nbsp;can accommodate aircraft up to the size of a Boeing BBJ.

 


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