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

Factual Reports: Taxiing Sabreliner Wreaks Havoc at FXE

Sabreliner NA-265-80, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb.

Golden Hour Award: Bering Sea rescue in bad weather saves injured crab catch crewman

A Coast Guard helicopter crew that performed a challenging rescue of an injured fisherman in the Bering Sea will be honored tonight with HAI’s Eurocopter G

National EMS pilots group formalizes risk-assessment plan

In response to the rash of helicopter accidents experienced over the past few years by the medical transport industry, the National Emergency Medical Servi

NTSB Updates Most Wanted Safety List

The National Transportation Safety Board today held an annual review of its “most wanted” list of transportation safety improvements.

Care ramps up quickly for disaster-relief efforts in Haiti

Soon after the magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, killing more than 200,000 people and displacing more than a million more, relief began

Haiti relief efforts prove GA’s benefits

Not long after the massive earthquake laid waste to Haiti on January 12, the general aviation infrastructure in the U.S.
Aircraft

Cirrus certification date uncertain as tests proceed

Despite the difficulties it has faced in obtaining development funding for its SF50 Vision jet single, Minn.-based Cirrus Aircraft still describes its pers

Argus Data Shows Bizav Flight Activity Continues Climb

Data released yesterday by aviation specialized services firm Argus indicates that business aircraft flight activity last month increased 5.3 percent from

GAMA Stats Quantify Bizav Industry Downturn in 2009

Worldwide deliveries of business jets declined by more than a third between 2008 and 2009, according to statistics released today by the General Aviation M

Igor I. Sikorsky Award: USCG crew rescues foundering fishermen

The Sikorsky Humanitarian Service Award is presented annually to the person or crew that best demonstrates the value of rotorcraft to society by saving liv

HAI honors outstanding achievement in the international helo community

Tonight at its Salute to Excellence banquet and awards ceremony, now in its 49th year, HAI honors individuals and organizations in the international helico
Accidents

Safety Board Rules on Colgan Q400 Crash

The NTSB has ruled that last February’s crash of a Colgan Air Q400<

People in Aviation: February 2010

People in AviationShane Eddy has been named v-p of Sikorsky Global Helicopters.
Accidents

Final Report: Cennected GPU Claims Longranger

Bell 206L-3, White Plains, N.Y., Aug.
Accidents

Final Report: Icy Runways Led to Two Jet Mishaps

Dassault Falcon 20, Jamestown, N.Y., Dec.
Accidents

Final Report: Overloading Blamed in Fatal Helicopter Crash

Hughes 369D, Price, Utah, July 19, 2008–The pilot’s inadequate preflight performance planning for the takeoff and the loading (which exceeded the lift perf
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Landing Gear Collapses on Citation

Cessna 560XL, White Plains, N.Y., April 15, 2008–The Citation Excel was landing at Westchester County Airport when the left landing gear collapsed, followe
Accidents

Factual Report: Dutch PC-12 Crashes on Takeoff

Pilatus PC-12/47, Weert, The Netherlands, Oct.
Accidents

Factual Report: Fatal King Air Crash on Final

Hawker Beechcraft King Air F90, Egelsbach, Germany, Dec.
Accidents

Factual Report: Flawed Fan Blades Afflict Two Learjets

Bombardier Learjet 60, Palm Springs, Calif., March 31, 2007–N244X, operated by Jet Solutions, suffered a loss of power in its left engine while cruising at
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Socaca Damaged in Bad-Weather Landing

Socata TBM700, Truckee, Calif., Dec.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Metro Skids on Landing

Fairchild (M7 Aerospace is the current TC holder) Metro III, Somerset, Ky., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Narsarsuaq Diversion Downs Piaggio

Piaggio Avanti II, Greenland, Oct.
Aircraft

Cirrus Jet Schedule Uncertain as Testing Proceeds

While defining the SF50 Vision personal jet program as the company’s top priority, Cirrus president and CEO Brent Wouters yesterday told order holders that
Aircraft

Used Business Aircraft Transactions on the Rise

Although pre-owned business aircraft sales are nowhere near the peaks of 18 months ago, the inventory of used aircraft is beginning to recede, according to
Aircraft

Industry Analysts Weigh In with December Stats

In its latest Business Jet Update, UBS reports that last month’s business jet activity was up approximately 5 percent over December 2008, marking the first
Environment

With new line service course, NATA brings training online

In just under two years of operation, the National Air Transportation Association’s (NATA) online professional line service training (PLST) course has alre