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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Bode Aero Services, the lone FBO at Albuquerque (New Mexico) Double Eagle II Airport (KAEG), has been named as the recipient of Avfuel’s inaugural Communities Soar Award.&nbsp;Presented to an Avfuel-branded FBO that “provides exemplary service to its region,” the award honors Bode Aero’s community partnership and commitment to its airport.
A member of the Avfuel-supplied FBO network since 2007, Bode Aero consistently donates its facilities and hangar space in support of local events such as the EAA Land of Enchantment Fly-in, which is a major fundraiser for the local EAA chapter. As part of the Soar Award, Avfuel will support this year’s fly-in event—on September 21—with a fuel donation.
The FBO also supports the EAA by providing winter maintenance for its Ford Tri-Motor NC-8407 that tours the country offering flights.&nbsp;Bode is known for its support of military training aircraft and helps advance pilot career paths through its flight school and involvement with the U.S. Air Force career day for local high schoolers.
“Bode Aero is an exceptional steward of the Albuquerque community and the aviators within it,” stated Mark Haynes, Avfuel’s v-p of sales. “We are honored to present Bode Aero with the first Communities Soar Award and look forward to a continued partnership through which the aviation industry—local and beyond—benefits from Bode Aero’s deep-rooted sense of community.”

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