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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

Hawthorne Global Aviation Services has expanded the footprint of its FBO network with its latest acquisition, JetSun Aviation Centre, the lone service provider at Iowa's Sioux Gateway Airport/Col. Bud Day Field. The location, which includes an FAA Part 145 repair station with extensive avionics capabilities, has more than 100,000 sq ft of hangar space, which can accommodate aircraft up to a Bombardier Global 6000. Its 10,000-sq-ft terminal features a large, executive reception area, eight-seat conference room, pilots' lounge with snooze room, on-site car rental, flight-planning area, crew car and Wi-Fi.


“The Sioux City FBO is a key addition to our growing FBO network, now with six FBOs located across the U.S. East Coast, Midwest and South,” said company president and CEO Bryon Burbage.


Hawthorne launched in 2010&nbsp;and operates FBOs at New York’s Long Island MacArthur Airport; Cobb County International Airport in Atlanta; Chicago Executive Airport; Chippewa Valley Regional Airport in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and Tuscaloosa Regional Airport in Alabama.

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