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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The National Warbird Operator Conference (NWOC) has partnered with the D-Day Squadron, a non-profit organization that will lead an American fleet of restored C-47s and DC-3s to Europe next year in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the pivotal Normandy Invasion.

 


At NMOC’s annual convention in February, the D-Day Squadron will make a presentation on preparations for the May 2019 flight, which will trace the original route across the North Atlantic used to ferry aircraft during the Second World War. The 19 twin-engine transports, nicknamed the Dakota by the British, will then join their European counterparts to create “DAKs over Normandy,” an aerial fleet of more than 30 aircraft that will depart the UK’s Duxford Airfield on June 5, cross the English Channel, and drop more than 250 paratrooper&nbsp;re-enactors in full period uniforms over the original drop zones along the French coast in Normandy.

 


Events surrounding the flight will take place on June 2-5 at Duxford and from June 5-9&nbsp;at Caen-Carpiquet Airport in France.

 


"It is really great that the industry has come together to support us in a major way,” said Moreno Aguiari, executive director of the&nbsp;D-Day&nbsp;Squadron. “Several companies have offered their support and expertise, and we are really proud of this. I want to&nbsp;thank the NWOC management team for giving us the opportunity to present our mission and for facilitating our participation."

Vintage C-47s To Gather for D-Day Tribute

A fleet of nearly 20 U.S. aircraft will head to Europe next year to participate in events commemorating the 75th anniversary of the pivotal WWII invasion.

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