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

Up-and-coming aviation services provider Lynx FBO Network has expanded its footprint&nbsp;again, acquiring the Voyager Jet Center at Pittsburgh Allegheny County Airport (AGC). Located eight miles from downtown, AGC is the primary general aviation reliever field for Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT).

 


The facility, which shares the general aviation handling at the airport with another FBO, opened in 2015 and includes an 8,500-sq-ft terminal with a large pilot lounge, conference room, and flight-planning center, in addition to a heated 18,000-sq-ft hangar that can accommodate aircraft as large as a Gulfstream G650. Voyager Jet will continue to operate its aircraft management, charter, sales, and maintenance operations out of the facility as a Lynx tenant.

 


“We believe the Pittsburgh market, and its rise as a global innovation city, is a perfect complement to our growing network of FBOs, and we look forward to working with the Allegheny County Airport Authority, Voyager Jet, and the local FBO team to deliver a best-in-class service offering for our customers in the Mid-Atlantic region,” said Lynx CFO Matt DeLellis.

 


The purchase, which is expected to close by the end of this month, marks the third FBO acquisition by the Sterling Group private equity-backed company this year, and its sixth overall since it made its debut in 2016.

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