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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APP Jet Center has acquired the former Atlantic Aviation FBO at Witham Field&nbsp;(KSUA) in Stuart, Florida after the latter was required to divest it as part of the regulatory approval process for its merger with Ross Aviation.

 


Last August, Ross acquired <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-08-18/ross-aviation-adds-florida-footprint">the long-standing Stuart Jet Center</a>, and then in November, it <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-11-16/atlantic-aviation-ross-aviation-merge">agreed to a merger</a> with Atlantic. With the 25 Ross Aviation FBOs currently in the process of being rebranded as Atlantic locations, Atlantic was required to sell its&nbsp;facility on the Southwest side of the field, while retaining the Ross Aviation facility.

 


As part of the superheated FBO transaction market over the past year, both <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-09-27/atlantic-aviation-sale-closes">Atlantic</a> and <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2022-01-11/infrastructure-investment-firm-buys-app-jet-centers">APP</a>&nbsp;have received new ownership. For APP, this represents its fifth location nationwide joining facilities at Fort Pierce, Florida; Manassas, Virginia; Hayward, California; and Denver.

 


At KSUA it acquired 110,000 square feet of hangar capacity, and a recently renovated 8,000-sq-ft terminal, including a conference room, pilots lounge, flight planning center, and refreshment bar. The former Atlantic staff will remain in place.

 


"We&nbsp;are delighted to be integrating Stuart into APP's growing network of FBO locations,” said CEO Dan Harrow, adding the company has been operating along Florida's Treasure Coast for many years and has firsthand&nbsp;knowledge of the growth of general aviation&nbsp;in South Florida. "APP will continue to ensure that discerning&nbsp;customers at Stuart and our other FBO locations receive world-class service every day with a focus on safe, secure, and sustainable operations."

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