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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Gulfstream Aerospace delivered its final G450 as it prepares to usher in its replacement, the fly-by-wire G500, the company announced on Friday. The G450 entered service in 2005 and quickly proved it had longer legs than anticipated, flying 4,350 nm at Mach 0.80.

 


“For the past 12 years, the G450 has been one of the best-selling jets in the industry, beloved by pilots and passengers alike for its technological advances, smooth handling, range, and passenger comfort,” said Gulfstream president Mark Burns. “During its 30-year history, the GIV series transformed business aviation, and the G500 is already well on its way to doing the same, with the industry’s first active-control sidesticks and the most integrated application of touchscreen controls in the flight deck.”

 


Like its predecessor, the G500 is exceeding its anticipated range, able to fly 5,200 nm at Mach 0.85. Five of the new clean-sheet types are currently participating in its test program, and certification is expected in the next few months.

 


The Savannah, Georgia-based airframer has produced more than 360 G450s, which have amassed nearly one million flight hours over more than 461,000 flights. Burns noted the company will continue to provide full product support and sustaining engineering for G450 fleet.

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