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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Avfuel sister company Avflight has announced the opening of its new FBO terminal at Mississippi’s Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport (KPIB).&nbsp;Avflight <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2024-03-22/avflight-adds-mississippi-fbo-network">acquired</a> US Aviation Services, the lone service provider on the field, in 2024. The location had a 4,000-sq-ft terminal, built in the 1970s and last remodeled a decade ago, that will be retained and leased for corporate office space.
Its newly built replacement—which was funded through an FAA airport infrastructure grant—took a year and a half to complete. At 5,300 sq ft, it features an airy, naturally lit double-height lobby, a six-seat conference room, and a pilot lounge with flight-planning area and snooze room.
The complex offers 80,000 sq ft of hangar space capable of accommodating aircraft up to a Gulfstream G550, and Avflight recently added a new fuel farm with the capacity of 24,000 gallons of jet-A, 10,000 gallons of avgas, 550 gallons of diesel fuel, and 550 gallons of unleaded gasoline. A member of the Avfuel network, it participates in the fuel provider’s Avtrip customer loyalty program, as well as Avfuel contract fuel.
“This new terminal represents a significant investment in the Hattiesburg community,” said Garrett Hain, Avflight’s v-p of finance. “Thanks to [KPIB], Avflight is proud to operate within this exceptional new facility, delivering the elevated service and seamless experience our guests have come to expect.”

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