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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Galaxy FBO, one of six service providers at bustling Houston Hobby Airport (KHOU), has broken ground on a new hangar. The 29,000-sq-ft structure—which will be able to accommodate ultra-long-range business jets—is expected to be completed by the end of the year. In the meantime, the company noted, operations at its other three hangars (totaling 108,000 sq ft) will be uninterrupted during the construction process.
Operating three FBOs in Texas, the company established its nine-acre facility at KHOU in 2020. It features a 20,000-sq-ft two-story terminal with offices, a snack bar, conference rooms, pilot lounge with snooze room and shower facilities, covered vehicle parking, and crew cars.
“We are thrilled to expand our presence at Houston Hobby Airport with the addition of our fourth hangar,” said John Bridi, Galaxy’s regional manager. “This project reinforces our dedication to providing exceptional services and infrastructure for our customers. We look forward to delivering this premium facility and further enhancing our support for the Houston aviation community.”

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