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

FBOs

Aero Charter Jet Center Expands at Spirit of Saint Louis

Aero Charter Jet Center has broken ground on a $4 million expansion program at its FBO facility at Spirit of St.
Environment

World Fuel Acquires Hiller Group

Global fuel supplier and logistics company World Fuel Services last month completed its deal to purchase Tampa, Fla.-based general aviation fuel distributo
FBOs

Expansion begins at Sheltair Panama City

SheltAir began the expansion of its Panama City, Fla.
FBOs

TAG Aviation Opens New Hangar in Geneva

TAG Aviation recently opened its new hangar and office complex at Geneva Airport in Switzerland.
FBOs

NATA Protests FAA Funding for Chattanooga FBO

NATA has objected to the use of FAA funds disbursed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority (CMA
FBOs

NATA Protests FAA Funding for Chattanooga FBO

NATA has objected to the use of FAA funds disbursed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority to b
Safety

Business Aviation Safety Nearly Unchanged in 2010

Despite a modest increase in the number of business aircraft flight hours last year, the number of accidents remained virtually static compared with those

People in Aviation: Awards

Bill Hardy, an A&P mechanic with Greensboro, N.C.-based Timco Aviation Services, was chosen to receive the FAA’s Charles Taylor “Maste

People in Aviation: Final Flights - William Fox

William Fox, 68, a long-time employee of Dassault Falcon Jet, died on ­November 16 in Mountain Home, Ark.

People in Aviation: Final Flights - Wes Clark

Wes Clark, 84, a 64-year aviation industry veteran, died on November 23 in Plano, Texas.
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People in Aviation: Final Flights - Lee Juan Lanford

Lee Juan Lanford, 87, founder of Associated Air Center (AAC), died on November 13 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
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People in Aviation: Final Flights - Howard Janotta

Howard Janotta, 86, a corporate pilot for more than 30 years, died on November 22 at his home in San Antonio.
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Accidents

Accidents: Factual Reports - Flap Settings Eyed In Hard Landing

Bombardier CL-600-2B16, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Sept.
Accidents

Electrical Fault Caused Fuel Imbalance

Cessna Citation 680, Bedfordshire, UK, Sept.

Jet Aviation offers new flight departments help

With most OEMs reporting that first-time new jet buyers account for between one-fifth and more than one-third of their current sales, private aviation serv
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Mustang Damaged After Ramp Roll

Cessna Citation 510, Upland, Calif., Sept.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - King Air Crashed On Final Approach

Hawker Beechcraft A100, Kirby Lake, Alberta, Canada, Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Gear Collapse Shuts Down Uk Airport

Cessna Citation 750, Doncaster, UK, Dec.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Citation Battered By Weather

Cessna Citation 560, Essendon, Australia, Oct.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Two Twinjets Experience Runway Overruns

Bombardier Learjet 25B, Portland, Ore., Nov.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Citation Lands With Frozen Rudder

Cessna Citation 560XL, Toledo, Ohio, Dec.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - Pakistani Charter Flight Claims 21 Lives

Hawker Beechcraft 1900, Karachi, Pakistan, Nov.
Accidents

Accidents: Preliminary Report - UK Organ Flight Ends In Crash

Cessna Citation 501, West Midlands, UK, Nov.

UBS: No Bizjet Improvement, but Interest Increases

In its latest monthly business jet report, released last week, investment research firm UBS saw a slight increase in the overall used aircraft inventory in

Swiss center completing VIP Boeing 777 for Jeddah av firm

Bizjetliner completions specialist AMAC Aerospace has begun work on its first widebody VIP conversion.