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

United States Aviation, the CAA-preferred FBO at Oklahoma’s Tulsa International Airport (KTUL), has doubled its hangar capacity with the opening of its second 48,000-sq-ft hangar. Capable of sheltering the latest ultra-long-range business jets, the $6.8 million facility took 18 months to construct and added 140,000 sq ft of additional ramp, bringing the complex to 11.5 acres of aircraft parking space. For the company, which began operations at the airport in 1987, this is its first major expansion in a quarter of a century.
“U.S. Aviation has been a cornerstone of the airport and the aviation industry for nearly four decades, and we’re proud to support their continued growth at [KTUL],” said Daniel Regan, director of real estate and business development at the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust.
“I never imagined we would be adding an additional hangar of this size to support more local and transient business aviation for Oklahoma,” said company founder and president Roger Hardesty. “It shows how well Oklahoma’s economic position is, and we are proud to help support our community with this expansion.”
Located at the north end of 10,000-foot Runway 18L/36R, the full-service Titan Fuels-branded FBO is open 24/7 and specializes in cross-country business aircraft fuel stops. &nbsp;

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