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

Engines

PWC expands its bizav engine series

Despite last year’s cancellation of the Cessna Columbus program, which would have been the launch customer for Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PurePower PW800 ser
Aircraft

Viking nears EASA approval for Twin Otter Series 400

Viking Air is close to achieving European and Canadian certification of its new Twin Otter 400, having made a first flight with the revamped, 21-century ve
Training and Workforce

European training sites boost business at FSI

Despite the economic downturn that has dampened the aircraft delivery schedules for most airframers over the past year, FlightSafety International’s two Eu

NTSB's most wanted list gets update

In its annual review of most wanted transportation safety improvements, the NTSB updated its list of items requiring rapid attention and added a new urgent
Environment

Private Sector Allies with Military on Alternative Fuels

In a bid to bolster the market for alternative fuels, two of the world's largest consumers of jet-A have formed a strategic alliance: the U.S.
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Rotorcraft

Cessna, Bell Weaken Textron 1Q Revenues

In an earnings conference call this morning, Textron released its first-quarter results and reported revenues of $2.2 billion, down 12.5 percent from the f
Safety

Bizav Safety Off To a Poor Start in 2010

First-quarter accident statistics involving U.S.-regist
Accidents

Factual Report: Improper loading damages caravan

Cessna 208B, Molokai, Hawaii, Oct.
Airports

Factual Report: Missed approach proves fatal for C90

Hawker Beechcraft C90A, Mount Airy, N.C., Feb.
Accidents

Final Report: Notar cable failure prompted autorotation

MD Helicopters MD902, Salinas, Calif., July 21, 2008–The NTSB has determined that the pilot’s inability to maintain directional control of the helic
Accidents

Final Report: Unsecured pack likely caused fatal crash

Eurocopter AS350B2, Chickaloon, Alaska, April 15, 2008–The NTSB blamed the fatal crash on loss of engine power due to an overspeed of the helicopter
Accidents

Final Report: Pilot, ATC blamed in helo tower crash

Bell 222, Aurora, Ill., Oct.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Westwind crew ditches as fuel runs low

Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 1124A, Norfolk Island, Australia, Nov.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Citation crashes after unusual maneuver

Cessna Citation 550B, Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna, Germany, Feb.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Beech 1900C goes down after takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft 1900C, Sand Point, Alaska, Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: King Air Crashes Takeoff

Hawker Beechcraft C90 GTi, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Jan.

People in Aviation: April 2010

Former NetJets executive v-p and Executive Jet Management president and CEO Benjamin Murray has joined private aviation provider XOJet as its
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Aircraft

Viking awaits approval for its Twin Otter 400

For the first time since 1988, a new-manufacture production Twin Otter took to the Canadian skies as Viking Air flight tested the first conforming series-4
Security

New LASP Proposal Set for Departmental Review, TSA Says

The Transportation Security Administration has completed the revision of the large aircraft security program (LASP) and the legislation is about to move to

Relief efforts continue in Haiti

More than two months after the Haiti earthquake, business aviation’s mercy flights continue but on a much smaller scale.

Massachusetts Airport Opens after Flood

Norwood (Mass.) Memorial Airport, which closed to fixed-wing traffic on March 15 as a result of damage from the Nor’Easter that tore through the Northeast
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Environment

ATA, DOD Partner on Alternative Fuel Initiative

In a move hailed as a significant advance for the bio- and synthetic fuels market, the Air Transport Association (ATA) and the U.S.
FBOs

Weekend Storm Causes Outages at Teterboro Airport

The Nor’Easter that tore through the Northeast over the weekend caused flooding damage and power outages throughout the region and spurred New Jersey to de

People in Aviation: March 2010

Brad Hatt resigned from his position as senior v-p of sales at Hawker Beechcraft.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: Helicopter Damaged After Autorotation

Bell 407, Decatur, Texas, Dec.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: S-76 Rolls on Platform Landing

Sikorsky S-76C++, Gulf of Mexico, Dec.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Power-Line Collision Claims Four Lives

Bell 206B, Auberry, Calif., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminiary Report: Falcon Skids on Takeoff

Dassault Falcon 20C, Eagle, Colo., Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: MU-2 Crashes on Approach

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Elyria, Ohio, Jan.
Accidents

Preliminary Report: C99 Damaged in ICY Landing

Hawker Beechcraft C99, Kearney, Neb., Jan.