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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Curt Epstein

A new service provider chain has launched with the acquisition of a New Hampshire FBO. Infinity Aviation Group, the lone service provider at Nashua Airport/Boire Field (KASH), has been purchased by a group led by industry veteran Steven Levesque and backed by infrastructure investment manager Igneo.
Levesque, previously president and CEO of Leading Edge Jet Centers and Hawthorne Global Aviation services, said it will retain the name Infinity Aviation, and he intends to develop the brand into a national FBO chain.
The location—just 50 miles from downtown Boston—offers airframe, engine, and avionics maintenance and repairs to both piston and jet aircraft. It provides jet charter sales and management, as well as aircraft sales.
In a separate transaction at KASH, Infinity also acquired the holdings of aircraft hangar operator Nashua Jet Aviation. That brings it to more than 150,000 sq ft of hangar space on the field, capable of accommodating aircraft up to a Gulfstream G550.
“We are thrilled to partner with Igneo to support our strategic goals, including investment in and expansion of the Infinity Aviation platform, as we look to build an industry-leading general aviation services business,” Levesque told AIN.

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