Curt Epstein
Senior Editor

A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined AIN in 2007, Curt came to the publication 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 AIN sister publication 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  Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.

Before joining AIN, Curt worked with 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.

Latest from Curt Epstein

Aircraft

A380 Returns to JFK in Air France Colors

Air France officially joined the A380 operators club on November 20, when it took its first
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Aviation groups: users must lobby local officials

The alphabet organizations that champion the cause of aviation to elected officials and government agencies can’t do it all alone.
Charter & Fractional

Flexjet goes for the gold

To mark Canada’s hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympics, Bombardier’s Flexjet subsidiary is offering a special edition of its Flexjet 25 jet card.

People in Aviation

The board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association has elected Robert Wilson, president of Honeywell Business and Gener
Accidents

Final Report: Turbine blade fatigue felled Bell 407

Bell 407, DeLand, Fla., Jan.
Accidents

Final Report: Citation damaged in birdstrike

Cessna 550 Citation II, Sellersburg, Ind., June 5, 2009–A collision with a large bird damaged the Citation II as it departed from Clark Regio
Accidents

Final Report: King Air destroyed in Canadian crash

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A100, Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan, Canada, Jan.
Accidents

Final Report: Wake turbulence downed Mexican Learjet 45

Bombardier Learjet 45, Mexico City, Mexico, Nov.
Accidents

Factual Report: Worn parts eyed in landing gear failure

Hawker Beechcraft King Air A200, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 21, 2008–Following a partial landing gear malfunction, the turboprop twin–which was oper
Accidents

Factual Report: Falcon overruns icy runway

Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec.

Preliminary Report: Commander damaged in landing mishap

Aero Commander 690, Cedar City, Utah, Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Dual power loss downs King Air

Hawker Beechcraft King Air B100, Aurora, Texas, Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Jet blast injures line worker

Cessna 560 Citation Encore, Kremmling, Colo., Aug.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation clips sign on takeoff

Cessna 550 Citation II, San Diego, Calif., Oct.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Special Report: Aviation Finance

For the business aviation industry, the past year has been a trying one, to say the least.

GAMA: deliveries slide in first three quarters

The third-quarter airplane shipment numbers released last month by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) starkly demonstrate the effect the
Aircraft

Forecast International Hints at Shift in Jet Market

In its latest business jet market prediction covering the next 10 years, Forecast International calls for worldwide production of 11,277 business jets wort
Safety

Class prepares pilots for cold-wx ops

Coincidental to the early taste of winter weather the Northeast received in mid-October, NBAA–in conjunction with local airport user groups and state busin
Safety

Business Aviation safety record continues to improve

Continuing the recent trend of safety improvement, business aviation accidents declined nearly 50 percent during the first three quarters of this year comp
Accidents

Pilot error blamed in aeromed Citation crash

The NTSB has issued its findings in the June 4, 2007 crash of a Cessna Citation II into Lake Michigan, which killed the two crewmembers and four passengers

Donnelly succeeds Campbell as Textron CEO next month

Cessna and Bell parent company Textron has tapped company president and COO Scott Donnelly to replace retiring Lewis Campbell as CEO, effective December 1.

Honeywell bizjet forecast predicts boost by 2012

On the eve of last month’s NBAA convention, engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell released its 18th annual 10-year market forecast, projecting a serio

Awards & Honors November 2009

Aircraft leasing magnate Steven Udvar-Hazy will be awarded this year’s Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, for “innovative aerospace business practices

Final Flights November 2009

Richard Whitcomb, 88, the long-time NASA engineer des-cribed as the most significant aerodynamics contributor of the second half of the 20th century

People in Aviation November 2009

Scott Carson, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, will retire at the end of the year.
Accidents

Pilot killed in final approach accident

Socata TBM 700, Kennesaw, Ga., July 15, 2008–The turboprop single was destroyed and its pilot killed when it rolled inverted and collided with trees
Accidents

Icing eyed in fatal CJ crash

Cessna 525, West Gardiner, Maine, Feb.
Accidents

Citation disappears in Carribean

Cessna 501 Citation I, Las Americas, Dominican Republic, Aug.
Accidents

Distracted commander pilot clips tree

Commander 690, Wenatchee, Wash., Aug.
Accidents

Pilot fatigue blamed in fatal PC-12 crash

Pilatus PC-12/47E, Sante Fe, N.M., Sept.