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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The SAF at those three locations is made using the HEFA SPK process with lipids such as used cooking oil as its feedstock. At a 30% SAF blend, the fuel can reduce life cycle greenhouse gas emissions by 24% versus standard jet-A.
With the distribution of SAF reaching the northeast, Heritage Aviation in Burlington, Vermont (KBTV)—long in the vanguard of aviation sustainability—signed on as the first Avfuel customer in the region to receive continuous supplies starting this week.
While the Linden supplies will be targeted primarily to business aviation customers, the company will make it available to all segments of aviation, including airlines.
“We have high expectations for SAF volumes in 2025,” said Avfuel executive v-p C.R. Sincock II. “These new supply points are integral to meeting or exceeding those expectations.” He added that SAF distribution is no longer confined to the western U.S. “With these new terminals—particularly those in New Jersey and Florida—we’ve vastly expanded our supply chain infrastructure to significantly enhance SAF’s accessibility.”

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