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

This week Corporate Angel Network (CAN), the charity that uses available seats on business aircraft flights to transport cancer victims to treatment, flew its 49,000th and 49,001st patients since it was launched in 1981. The flight on Tuesday was operated by Dow Chemical, one of the first companies to offer its flights to CAN, and carried 54-year-old Richard Gremillion Jr. and his 74-year-old father—both prostate cancer patients—from Baton Rouge to Houston, where they are receiving treatment.

 


“Dow’s partnership with CAN allows us to make a real difference for thousands of people, often a lifesaving difference,” said Rob Valentine, director of global citizenship and president of the Dow Chemical Foundation. “Dow people are driven to help build stronger, more sustainable communities, and this is one of the most important ways we are able to do that.”

 


At the Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition next month in Las Vegas, NBAA will raise money to benefit CAN at the annual <a href="https://www.nbaa.org/events/bace/2015/soiree/" target="_blank">Soiree Reception and Silent Auction</a>. The event starts at 6 p.m. on November 18 at the Las Vegas Venetian Hotel and features both silent and live auctions, as well as a private concert by cover band The Zippers. Auction items include a Flight Research two-day pilot upset-recovery training course; a Gogo ATG 1000; a FlightSafety initial type rating course; a $1,000 Avfuel card; and Breitling and Hamilton watches.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Corporate Angel Network Hits Milestone Patient Flight

The Westchester County, New York-based business aviation industry charity has been helping cancer patients for nearly 35 years.

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Thune formerly chaired the Commerce Committee and is well versed in aviation issues

Thune Move to Senate Majority Leader Draws Bizav Praise

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News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

Inflight refueling aircraft slated for first autonomous flight in 2025

USAF Approves Merlin's Airworthiness Plan for Autonomous KC-135

Tax issues among first anticipated on Capitol Hill's plate next year

Washington To See New Aviation Leaders in Next Congress

Tariffs, Schedule F, sustainability, audits all possible changes

New White House Sets Stage for New Aviation Policy

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News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Report identifies vulnerabilities in labor, materials, and infrastructure

Task Force Details Aerospace Supply-chain Weaknesses

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News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

Rising development costs have meant increased net losses at the Embraer spinoff

Certification Criteria Set as Eve Conducts eVTOL Flight Trials in São Paulo

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

PRD ushers in a new era of efficiency and a new bureaucracy

The Double-edged Sword of the Pilot Records Database

News and information on safety procedures and concerns.

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