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.

Curt Epstein

Latest from Curt Epstein

Rotorcraft

Texas DPS Earns Collins Rescue Award

Collins Aerospace recognized the Texas Department of Public Safety for rescuing four people during a flood.
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Avionics

PS Engineering Unveils New Audio Control Panel

Tennessee-based PS Engineering now has a dual head control for its MultiTalker series of audio contol units.
Maintenance and Modifications

Donaldson Progresses on AW169 Inlet Filter

Donaldson expects to receive EASA approval on its inlet barrier filter for the AW169 by early 2021.
Rotorcraft

Erickson Looks To the Air Crane's Future

Erickson said the S-64F+ will be the next generation of heavy-lift helicopters.
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Rotorcraft

Leonardo Bolsters Lineup with Kopter Buy

Leonardo has purchased Swiss OEM Kopter, which expects to certify its long-single SH09 by the end of this year.
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Rotorcraft

Heli Broker Sees Preowned Sales Rising

Singapore-based Rotortrade sees used helicopter sales eclipsing new deliveries.
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Rotorcraft

Blueberry Reaches Juicy Milestone

Monaco-based aircraft brokerage Blueberry Aviation has notched its 400th rotorcraft transaction since its founding in 2003.
Rotorcraft

Viola Takes the Stick as HAI's Conductor

James Viola takes over as head of Helicopter Association International, following the retirement of long time president and CEO Matt Zuccaro.
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JSfirm and NEMSPA Ink Job-posting Deal

The National EMS Pilots Association has forged a deal with JSfirm.com to share aviation job posting information.
Maintenance and Modifications

Colllins Sees Success with Goodrich Hoists

Goodrich Hoist & Winch, part of Collins Aerospace since its merger with UTC Aerospace in 2018, has pioneered the Human External Cargo (HEC) hoist category.
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Avionics

Guardian Mobility Debuts New Dual-mode Flight Tracker

Guardian Mobility's new G4C flight tracking unit operates on both satellite and cellular channels to provide seamless, continuous communications.
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JetNet Shows Off Newly Customizable Reports

At Heli-Expo in Anaheim, JetNet is demonstrating the new customability in its user-requested market resports.
Rotorcraft

HAI Renames Its Charitable Foundation

Helicopter Foundation International has been renamed as HAI Foundation, to more closely align its ties to parent HAI.
Rotorcraft

Robinson Sees Off Year, Boosts Customer Service

While Robinson Helicopter saw its deliveries dip in 2019, the company has launched a new maintenance facility to tend to its more than 12,000 helicopters.
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Rotorcraft

Direct Helicopter Sees Transport Business Booming

Global rotorcraft transport specialist Direct Helicopter looks to build on a record 2019.
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Rotorcraft

Aero Asset: Preowned Helo Sales Down, but Market Improving

Aero Asset found overall pre-owned sales of $444 million in 2019 had declined five percent from the previous year,
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FBOs

Synergy Flight Buys Facilities of Closed Rival FBO

Synergy Air is now the lone FBO at Central Illinois Regional Airport after the closing of local fixture Image Air
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Rotorcraft

Aircraft Tug Maker Debuts First Helicopter Unit

AC Air Technology is making its Heli-Expo Debut with its first product aimed at the rotorcraft market.
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Environment

Air BP To Further SAF Talk at AirOps Europe

Air BP will have a large presence at next month's AirOps Europe, discussing all things sustainable.
Charter & Fractional

Jet Access To Establish Miami Hub

Private aircraft charter and management provider Jet Access will establish a new Florida base at Fontainebleau Aviation, an FBO at Miami-Opa Locka Airport
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Avionics

FAA Certifies Learjet 70/75 G5000 Flight Deck Upgrade

Bombardier has received approval to upgrade the avionics suite on its Lear 70 and 75 light jets to the Garmin G5000.
Environment

SAF Makes Zurich Airport Debut Ahead of WEF

A demonstration to raise awareness of sustainable aviation fuel was held this morning at Switzerland's Zurich Airport ahead of the WEF in nearby Davos.
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FBOs

ABS To Open Bratislava FBO

Czech Republic-based ABS Jets has operated a facility at Slovakia's Bratislava Airport for 10 years, it will now expand that into a full FBO.
FBOs

Puerto Rican FBOs Report Business as Usual Post-quake

Despite the series of earthquakes that have shaken Puerto Rico and displaced thousands, the island's airports remain operational.
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FBOs

FBO Profile: McClellan Jet Services

Being the FBO at a privately-owned airport has its benefits, inheriting the infrastructure from a defunct major airforce base has others.
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FBOs

New Development Ahead for Virginia Airport

Virginia’s Richmond Executive-Chesterfield County Airport will see two new FBOs and a runway expansion project over the next several years.
FBOs

Investment Firm Buys Family-owned Iowa FBOs

Carver Aero, which operates the lone FBOs at Iowa's Davenport Municipal and Muscatine Municipal Airport, has been sold to an investment firm.
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Maintenance and Modifications

Duncan Unveils Eye-catching Paint Job

Duncan Aviation refurbished one of its company-owned jets from the inside out. The result: an eye-popping airplane that serves as a flying billboard.
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Airports

FAA To Hold Info Session on New TEB RNAV Approach

The FAA is looking to implement a new offset RNAV approach to Teterboro Airport's Runway 19, to ease noise impact.
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FBOs

AOPA Pans GAO's FBO Pricing Report

AOPA found faults with a congressional report on FBO pricing from the Government Accountability Office.