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

Wittman Regional Airport in Wisconsin&nbsp;held a ceremonial groundbreaking last week for its new general aviation terminal after the Winnebago county board approved its construction in December. The Oshkosh airport is home to EAA’s annual AirVenture weeklong fly-in, billed as the world’s largest aviation gathering, and the groundbreaking ceremony would have taken place during this year’s event if it weren't canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 


The $6.8 million project will replace two structures: the 33,000-sq-ft commercial terminal that&nbsp;was built in 1971 (the airport has been without commercial airline service since 2003) and existing 6,254-sq-ft general aviation terminal that was built in 1958. The total investment includes demolition of both existing facilities, site work&nbsp;and paving for a new parking lot, construction of the new terminal, and an improved access road.

 


The single-story, 12,500-sq-ft building will be home to Basler Flight Service, the airport’s sole FBO, along with airport administration offices, car rental, and public-use conference rooms. The facility is expected to be completed in the third quarter of next year.

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