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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A new FBO chain launched yesterday with the acquisition of Odyssey Aviation’s U.S. assets by Tallvine Partners, a Miami-based private investment firm that is making its first venture into the segment and will throw its hat into the ultra-competitive FBO consolidation ring.
Odyssey’s holdings include three facilities in the U.S.: Willow Run Airport (KYIP) in Detroit, Florida’s Kissimmee Gateway Airport (KISM), and <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2023-03-02/odyssey-aviation-expands-georgia-fbo-purchase">St. Simons Island Airport at McKinnon Field</a> (KSSI) in Georgia. Together, the three locations equate to more than 270,000 sq ft of aviation buildings and 57 acres of ramp.
According to Tallvine, they will form the nucleus of a larger FBO platform that will be led by industry veteran Chad Farischon—the former co-founder and president of the Lynx FBO network—with support from Tallvine operating director Ed Zwirn.
“We see this as a tremendous opportunity to create a leading FBO business in North America with significant growth potential,” said Tallvine partner Mark Clark. “We look forward to working closely with Chad and Ed to execute on exciting opportunities including hangar expansions, operational enhancements, and complementary acquisitions across the U.S. and Canada.”

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