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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The complex features 10 acres of ramp and more than 175,000 sq ft of heated hangar space capable of sheltering aircraft up to a Bombardier Global 6000. Its fuel farm has a capacity of 137,000 gallons of jet-A and 24,000 gallons of avgas.
“[KGPI] is pleased to welcome Atlantic Aviation to our community,” said airport director Rob Ratkowski. “For years, [GCI] has done an excellent job providing first-class service to our general aviation customers. Atlantic Aviation is uniquely suited to continue that tradition.”
For Atlantic, this represents its 106th location in the U.S. and Caribbean, and its first in Montana. “We are extremely proud to be operating in Montana,” said Atlantic CEO Jeff Foland. “Glacier Jet Center has superbly served Kalispell and the surrounding area for nearly 50 years, and created a legacy of strong relationships and dedicated personal service that is in perfect alignment with our values at Atlantic Aviation.”

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