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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

Aviation real estate developer High Flying Hangars (HFH) has won a request-for-proposal process for aircraft hangars at Nevada’s Boulder City Municipal Airport (KBVU). The Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company was selected by the city from among several applicants to develop a 40-acre parcel of land. Now, the two sides are negotiating a long-term lease agreement as plans move forward.
“The total acreage we have to work with at [KBVU] allows us to build a large number of hangars in a wide range of sizes to support the growing needs of local aircraft owners,” said HFH senior v-p of sales Lisa deFrees. She noted that designs under consideration range from 40 feet wide for piston singles up to 120 feet wide to shelter large-cabin business jets that KBVU’s 5,100-foot runway can accommodate. Also in the plan is a multi-use clubhouse for aircraft owners.
KBVU sits less than 20 miles from Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport, and in addition to increasing hangar inventory in the market, the addition of the hangar complex is expected to spur an increase in fuel sales at Boulder City’s two FBOs.
“The Las Vegas metroplex will surely find in KBVU the land, vision, and leadership to provide the community with much-needed high-quality hangars for the owner-flown category of aircraft,” said HFH CEO Kenny Hinkes.

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