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

Canadian helicopter MRO services provider Heli-One has been named a field maintenance support member of the Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada (P&amp;WC) service center network. The Delta, British Columbia-based company joins a group of highly&nbsp;trained and specially&nbsp;equipped maintenance firms that can be deployed by the engine maker as a mobile repair team (MRT). Heli-One has extensive experience with P&amp;WC engines, particularly the PT6T and PT6C-67, for which it also offers accessory repair and overhaul services.

 


MRTs such as Heli-One can provide services such as emergency troubleshooting, engine condition surveys, hot section inspection, power section repair, accessory changes, borescope inspections and engine removal and installation.

 


“Heli-One will now be able to support PT6Ts and PT6Cs around the world,” said company president Anthony DiNota. “We are excited to join this elite network of MRTs and to be able to expand Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada’s maintenance coverage. Our engine technicians have supported the PT6 for years and have developed a unique knowledge base through supporting engines in a variety of mission profiles.”

 


Heli-One also has locations in Stavanger, Norway; Fort Collins, Colo.; and Rzeszow, Poland.

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Heli-One Joins P&WC Field Support Network

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Thrust test stand has been manufactured and is being installed in New York

Wright Prepares To Expand Electric Propulsion System Tests

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Diamond Aircraft Leads Hydrogen-electric Hybrid Propulsion Project

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Boom moves into Reaction Engines’ former hypersonic test facility

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After five years, Harbour Air's eBeaver is about to achieve its 100th flight

MagniX Electric Aircraft Engine Notches Key Milestones

Amy Wilder

Collaboration, hydrogen fuel potential drives Kawasaki engine effort

Kawasaki Targets 2030 for Piston Engine Certification

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