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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Those assets are expected to meet the needs of global clients in various platforms and market segments and signal the company’s ability to invest in high-value helicopters. Since being established in 2003, Blueberry has completed more than 540 helicopter transactions worth in excess of $1.88 billion.
“Our 2024 performance demonstrates the strength of our company, our ability to invest for the benefit of our clients to provide solutions whenever they need it,” said Blueberry founder and CEO Francois Gautier. “This level of investment in very sought-after models such as [the] AW139 and AW169 positions us well for sustained growth as we continue to offer premium products and services that set industry standards.”

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