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.

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Curt Epstein

The FAA has broken ground on a new control tower at North Carolina’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport, which currently has the nation’s fifth busiest tower. Scheduled for completion by 2018 and to begin operations by 2020, the new 370-foot-tall structure will be equipped with next-generation air transportation technology such as the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (Stars), data communications, ADS-B and the Advanced Electronic Flight Strip System (AEFS).

 


The tower’s 850-sq-ft control cab will have enough room to accommodate future air traffic controller positions, while the 42,000-sq-ft base building will house training rooms, administrative offices and an expanded terminal radar approach control.

 


The price tag for the project—equipment, installation, training costs and the removal of the old tower—will be approximately $112 million. The new tower will be the second tallest in the National Airspace System, behind the 398-foot tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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Charlotte Douglas Airport To Get New Control Tower

When operational in 2020, the 370-foot tall structure will be the second highest  ATC tower in the country.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

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Applications for Powered by Collins program close on May 16

Collins Seeks Collaboration on Materials, Airport Ops and Navigation

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Vertiport network would support eVTOL air taxi and drone operations in the UAE

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