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

Utah’s Heber City has <a href="https://www.heberut.gov/DocumentCenter/View/566/2nd-FBO-Request-for-Proposals-Final?bidId=3">issued an RFP for a second FBO</a> at its publicly owned Heber City Municipal Airport-Russ McDonald Field (HCR). The airport, located in the heart of the state’s ski country, 40 minutes from Salt Lake City and 20 minutes from Park City, is currently served by OK3 Air. That FBO has received criticism from users in the past&nbsp;due to its pricing.

 


According to the announcement, the airport authority seeks to “improve the products and services available to light general aviation users and introduce competition for airport services.”&nbsp;The city is offering a vacant, more-than nine-acre plot on the southwest side of the field for development.

 


With a 6,900-foot runway, the airport, which has 110 based aircraft, sees a wide variety of traffic, ranging from gliders to business jets, and is home to the local chapter of the Commemorative Air Force.

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