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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The STC will allow operators to upgrade from the legacy Honeywell DU-870 CRT with a drop-in replacement that offers reduced power consumption and significant weight savings while maintaining compatibility with the existing cockpit configuration.&nbsp;ScioTeq, the DU-875 OEM and official Honeywell partner for its Primus Elite display upgrade, has&nbsp;designed the DU-875 NG Light to provide the smallest size, weight, power, and cost.&nbsp;
The unit features a 7x5 inch LCD screen with 1024×768 resolution, operates at just 34W (compared to 138W in the DU-870), and weighs 15.4 lbs. It is convection-cooled and is available in both black and gray bezel variants.
According to C&amp;L, the new units offer a substantially improved mean time between failures compared to the legacy DU-870 displays currently installed on these aircraft, helping operators improve reliability, reduce maintenance requirements, and lower overall operating costs.&nbsp;
“Through this partnership with ScioTeq, C&amp;L continues to deliver innovative and reliable solutions that support operators in avoiding obsolescence,” said C&amp;L CEO Chris Kilgour. “Many operators have been searching for a cost-effective replacement for the aging DU-870 display, which faces increasing supportability challenges. Until now, there has not been a viable, safe alternative available.”&nbsp;

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