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

Coming off a year of record sales for its industry-leading series of inlet barrier filters (IBF), Donaldson Aerospace &amp; Defense is publicly debuting its IBF for the Leonardo AW169 this week at Heli-Expo 2024.
Donaldson launched its IBF line—which provides engine protection for helicopter operations, particularly those operating in harsh conditions—in 2001. Since then, the company noted that rotorcraft equipped with its IBFs demonstrate reduced engine maintenance costs, more consistent flight operations, and extended time-on-wing.
According to the manufacturer, its recent IBF sales have benefitted from increasing demand in helicopters used for defense and aeromedical missions.
“The success of our IBFs is a testament to our ongoing commitment to our helicopter OEM customers—listening to them and continually adding new products to support the industry,” explained Tom Newman, the company’s rotorcraft business director.
In addition to its lineup of legacy IBFs on display at its Heli-Expo booth, Donaldson is also showing off its new inducer vent filtration system for the Bell 407.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

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Donaldson Adds AW169 Inlet Filter to Lineup

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