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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In 2018, Cutter was named an authorized Pilatus sales and service center and has since delivered 73 PC-12 turboprop singles and 27 PC-24s.&nbsp;This latest news highlights Cutter’s rapid growth as it continues to expand its Pilatus sales, service, maintenance, avionics, and support operations across the Southwest.
“This is a really special milestone for our company,” said Cutter president and CEO Will Cutter. “To reach 100 new Pilatus aircraft deliveries in such a relatively short period of time says a lot about the strength of the Pilatus product line, the relationship we’ve built with Pilatus Aircraft, and the trust our customers place in our team every day.”
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