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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Sheltair partnered with Women in Aviation International (WAI) last Saturday to host events in honor of the ninth-annual Girls in Aviation Day at several of its facilities in the U.S. Southeast.
More than 3,000 potential future aviators gathered at its FBOs in Fort Lauderdale, (KFLL), Daytona Beach (KDAB), Tampa (KTPA), Panama City (KECP), Ocala (KOCF), Jacksonville (KJAX), and Savannah (KSAV). The attendees represented more than double the number that attended last year’s event, including a record 900 attendees at KDAB alone.
They experienced a variety of aviation and STEM activities and were able to interact with flight crews and tour aircraft. Participating sponsors of the events included Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the FAA, MacDill Air Force Base, Phoenix East Aviation, and Nascar.
“Sheltair is cementing its legacy by giving back to the next generation,” said Lisa Holland, the company’s president and CEO. “It gives me great pride having our entire network host and sponsor Girls in Aviation Day with local Women in Aviation International chapters. The exhilaration of flying and the boundless possibilities within aviation inspire our communities.”
The company has been a long-time supporter of educational programs such as Embry-Riddle Aerospace University’s Project Liftoff. Along with partner Avfuel, it established the annual Future Takes Flight Scholarship program.

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