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

Areas of Texas are still experiencing power disruptions in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall more than a week ago. The Category 5 storm had diminished to Category 1 by the time it rolled ashore on July 8, wreaking havoc on the state’s Gulf Coast.
At Houston Hobby Airport (KHOU), FBOs reported moderate to minor damage, with power finally being restored to all of them this week. Million Air—which was running on generators until Monday, eight days after the storm—sustained damage to the roof of its maintenance hangar. Jet Aviation, which also reported it was finally able to switch off the generators on Monday, noted some minor damage, including the collapse of a wall in an unused hangar that will be repaired soon.
Galaxy FBO, which had its electricity restored on Saturday, even played host to some customers who chose to sleep in the generator-powered terminal’s pilot lounge rather than their hotel without power. The facility saw some damaged fencing and minor water leaks. Wilson Air reported that, though it had no damage, it too had to resort to backup generators, with power also returning on Saturday.
Atlantic Aviation’s location at KHOU endured only one day of operations on generator power, while electricity came back on at the Signature Aviation FBO on July 10, just two days after the storm.

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