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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Curt Epstein

Seattle-area FBO Tacoma Narrows Aviation has completed a major renovation on its 13,000-sq-ft hangar, part of a project that will see the Avfuel-branded FBO, and one of two service providers on the field, move into a new complex to be completed this fall. The 1960s-era hangar, which can accommodate aircraft up to a Challenger 604, received new exterior and interior siding, insulation, windows, lighting, electrical and fire suppression.&nbsp;


The approximtely $2 million project will also replace the current 60-year-old terminal with a 5,000-sq-ft, two-story contemporary building. It will include a catering kitchen, media room and flight planning area on the ground floor, with the upstairs reserved for leased office space. Adjoining the executive terminal will be an additional 6,000-sq-ft transient hangar, able to accommodate up to midsize business jets, bringing the facility to 30,000 sq ft of total hangar capacity.


Located 30 miles south of Seattle, the county-owned airport features a 5,000-foot runway and on-demand U.S. Customs clearance.

New developments at FBOs including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

Hangar Done, Washington State FBO Eyes a New Terminal

A major upgrade project at Seattle-area Tacoma Narrows Aviation will see the company move into a brand new terminal.

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Award ceremony to take place in Nashville in November

NATA To Honor Rick Crider with Airport Executive Award

Network now lists more than 140 locations globally

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Pepper oversaw the growth of Atlantic Aviation into a mega chain

Pepper Honored with NATA William Ong Achievement Award

The company has been a fixture at Columbia Metropolitan Airport since 1967

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Jet Aviation Buys Newly Opened Milwaukee FBO

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

The $25 million development added more than 100,000 sq ft of hangar and office space

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Hangar Complex Project Begins at Colorado Airport

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

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