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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At least one person was killed and three injured when a Learjet 35A believed to be owned by rock musician Vince Neil suffered a landing gear collapse on Monday afternoon after touching down at Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) in Arizona and careening into a parked Gulfstream G200.
The accident occurred around 2:45 p.m. local time as the Learjet registered as N81VN was arriving from Austin, Texas, with four people aboard. It lost control midfield and departed the runway. On the ramp near the Southwest Jet Center private hangar complex, it impacted the Gulfstream, which was managed by charter operator Jet Pros.
A statement from the City of Scottsdale said that the Learjet’s left main landing gear collapsed, causing the runway excursion. Surveillance video captured the moment of collision as the light twinjet skidded off the runway at a high rate of speed and struck the stationary G200 on the right side behind the wing, moving it forward.
According to the city, one person was pronounced dead at the scene and three were transported to a local hospital. A fifth person declined medical attention.
Jet Pros reported no injuries on board the Gulfstream, but external damage was sustained to the aircraft. The Scottsdale-based company expressed condolences to the family members of those affected by the accident and thanked airport personnel for their swift response.

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