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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Cessna Citation 525, CitationJet, CJ1, CJ2, CJ3, CJ4, and M2 Series

Curt Epstein

Textron Aviation has expanded its ProAdvantage aircraft support program to include Cessna CitationJets and CJs with the addition of a newly enhanced fixed-cost parts plan.&nbsp;ProParts+ “simplifies maintenance planning by covering airframe systems and avionics parts required for line, scheduled, and unscheduled maintenance.”&nbsp;Based on reported flight hours, a predictable monthly payment plan helps operators manage expenses.
While the company’s original ProParts option will still be offered, ProParts+ builds on it with the addition of landing gear coverage, including corrosion protection, and consumables such as fuel test kits and some corrosion-inhibiting compounds. It also includes standard freight costs for parts covered under the plan and an early buy-out option to terminate contracts in case of a change in aircraft ownership.
“Expanding our ProAdvantage portfolio with ProParts+ reflects our continued investment in the long-term support of the Citation 525 Series,” said Brad White, the Wichita-based airframer’s senior v-p for global parts distribution, adding that the augmented program is a direct response to customer feedback. “We’ve designed this program to provide greater peace of mind and value by covering high-cost components and consumables that matter most to our operators.”&nbsp;

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