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

Quality Aircraft Accessories (QAA) has completed the expansion of its service location at Florida’s Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, which will allow the Oklahoma-based company to increase its range of support. When QAA acquired Executive Accessories in 2014, its service offerings were limited to overhauling magnetos, noted company president Brett Benton. “The added space allows us to expand the scope of our repair-station capabilities beyond magnetos to mirror the capabilities of our Tulsa, Oklahoma location.”


In addition to servicing magnetos from Bendix/CMI and Champion, the FAA-/EASA-approved facility is now authorized to repair fuel pumps from Weldon and Dukes and is a recommended service facility for Hartzell Engine Technologies turbo system components, with an inventory of engine accessory exchange units available.


The location also offers bench testing for all of those components, to determine faults before customers have to commit to replacing them.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Florida Component MRO Completes Expansion

With the added space at its FXE location, Quality Aircraft Accessories is ramping up capabilities to match its flagship Tulsa operation.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Amy Wilder

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

New model responds to parts market shifts

Duncan Aviation Revises Component Repair Pricing

Matt Thurber

Composite propellers provide a quieter cabin and less exterior noise

Blackhawk STCs 5-blade Prop on XP67 Engine+ Upgrade

Charles Alcock

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

U.S. certification covers Dassault, Bombardier and Textron aircraft types

FAA Approves ExecuJet MRO Services Belgium for U.S. Jets

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Transaction subject to U.S. regulatory approvals

TransDigm Expands PMA Portfolio with $2.2B Deal

Charlotte Bailey

UK Part 145 MRO approval for Learjet aircraft joined by new helicopter paint shop 

Gama Aviation Gets Extended Mx, Paint Shop Capabilities

Facility specializes in work on aeromedical helicopters

DRF Maintenance Expands Helo Maintenance at Straubing

Acquisition of Alaskan-based service center augments turboprop specialist’s expertise

Silver Sky Aviation Becomes Blackhawk’s Sixth Location

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

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