Curt Epstein
Senior Editor

A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined AIN in 2007, Curt came to the publication 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 AIN sister publication 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  Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.

Before joining AIN, Curt worked with 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.

Latest from Curt Epstein

Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: GIV OVERRUNS WET RUNWAY ON LANDING

Gulfstream IV, Gander, Canada, Oct.
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: FRENCH TURBOPROP SUFFERS FATAL CRASH

Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90A, St.
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: KING AIR LOSES DOOR IN FLIGHT

Hawker Beechcraft King Air 300, Minneapolis, Dec.
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: PHENOMS SUFFER RUNWAY DEPARTURES

Embraer Phenom 100, La Verne, Calif, Dec.
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: ICE INTERFERES WITH AIRCRAFT CONTROLS

Cessna Citation 560XL, Birmingham, Ala., Dec.
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: LEARJET BURNS AFTER RUNWAY DEPARTURE

Bombardier Learjet 35A, Springfield, Ill., Jan.
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: MIDAIR CLAIMS TWO LIVES

Eurocopter EC135, Cessna 172L, Weyers Cave, Va., Dec.
Airports

New FBO Network Established

Aviation fuels supplier Delk's Valley Oil has formed the Paragon Aviation Group of FBOs, which it says will offer members leveraged buying power on service
Accidents

PRELIMINARY REPORT: PREMIER I CRASHES IN SWITZERLAND

Hawker Beechcraft Premier I, Bever, Switzerland, Dec.
Airports

Avfuel Expands Dealer Network

Independent fuel supplier Avfuel has added several new venues to its network of dealers.
Airports

New Airport Opens in Utah

Marking the changing of the guard last month in Utah, one St.
FBOs

Texas Airport Seeks FBO Operator

Midway Regional Airport in Midlothian, Texas, has issued a request for proposals for an experienced operator to take over the current airport-operat

People: February 2011

Signature Flight Support announced several executive promotions.
FBOs

Pilotaway Offers FBO Reservations

Chase Larabee, creator of the AllFBO Web site, has added a new Web-based platform called Pilotaway.com that allows pilots and dispatchers to make reservati
FBOs

Aero Charter Jet Center Expands at Spirit of Saint Louis

Aero Charter Jet Center has broken ground on a $4 million expansion program at its FBO facility at Spirit of St.
Environment

World Fuel Acquires Hiller Group

Global fuel supplier and logistics company World Fuel Services last month completed its deal to purchase Tampa, Fla.-based general aviation fuel distributo
FBOs

Expansion begins at Sheltair Panama City

SheltAir began the expansion of its Panama City, Fla.
FBOs

TAG Aviation Opens New Hangar in Geneva

TAG Aviation recently opened its new hangar and office complex at Geneva Airport in Switzerland.
FBOs

NATA Protests FAA Funding for Chattanooga FBO

NATA has objected to the use of FAA funds disbursed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority (CMA
FBOs

NATA Protests FAA Funding for Chattanooga FBO

NATA has objected to the use of FAA funds disbursed under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority to b
Safety

Business Aviation Safety Nearly Unchanged in 2010

Despite a modest increase in the number of business aircraft flight hours last year, the number of accidents remained virtually static compared with those

People in Aviation: Awards

Bill Hardy, an A&P mechanic with Greensboro, N.C.-based Timco Aviation Services, was chosen to receive the FAA’s Charles Taylor “Maste

People in Aviation: Final Flights - William Fox

William Fox, 68, a long-time employee of Dassault Falcon Jet, died on ­November 16 in Mountain Home, Ark.

People in Aviation: Final Flights - Wes Clark

Wes Clark, 84, a 64-year aviation industry veteran, died on November 23 in Plano, Texas.
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People in Aviation: Final Flights - Lee Juan Lanford

Lee Juan Lanford, 87, founder of Associated Air Center (AAC), died on November 13 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.
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People in Aviation: Final Flights - Howard Janotta

Howard Janotta, 86, a corporate pilot for more than 30 years, died on November 22 at his home in San Antonio.
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Accidents

Accidents: Factual Reports - Flap Settings Eyed In Hard Landing

Bombardier CL-600-2B16, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Sept.
Accidents

Electrical Fault Caused Fuel Imbalance

Cessna Citation 680, Bedfordshire, UK, Sept.