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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Former NATA president and board member and current director emeritus Martin Hiller has been named as the recipient of the William A. “Bill” Ong Memorial Award, the organization’s highest honor, presented for extraordinary achievement and extended meritorious service to the general aviation industry.

 


The owner of Marathon Jet Center and Marathon General Aviation in the Florida Keys, Hiller has nearly four decades of industry experience. From 1985 to 2010, he led the Hiller Group’s aviation fuel-distribution activities first as vice president and then as the company’s president and CEO. Under his watch, the company became one of the largest aviation fuel distributors in the U.S., representing Chevron, Texaco, and Phillips 66. In 2010, he sold the Hiller Group to World Fuel Services, where he remained executive vice president until 2013.

 


In 2016, after six years of service on NATA’s board of directors, Hiller agreed to take on the role of president&nbsp;and steered the organization through concerns such as ATC privatization, workforce shortages, and illegal charter.

 


“NATA and its membership are proud to recognize Marty Hiller with the Ong Award for his illustrious aviation business career and his devotion to NATA as a former president and long-time member of association and board of directors,” said Gary Dempsey, the association’s current president. “He is a great friend of mine and the entire general aviation community.”

Hiller To Receive NATA's Highest Award

A former president of the association and long time board member, director emeritus Martin Hiller's career in aviation has spanned nearly four decades.

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