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

Ross Aviation, one of three aviation service providers at California’s Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, has enlarged its footprint with the purchase of a 26,000-sq-ft hangar, immediately adjacent to its terminal. The FBO chain, which has facilities at six other airports in the U.S., also expanded its apron at the Thermal gateway with the lease, from the Riverside County Economic Development Authority, of an additional 2.2 acres of ramp in front of the hangar and contiguous to its existing leasehold.

 


“The additional ramp and available hangar space will greatly improve our ability to service our customers and provide space during the busy winter season, when the Coachella Valley is host to numerous events and influx of seasonal residents,” said Ross COO Cy Farmer.

 


The lone occupant at the newly purchased hangar is the charter and managed aircraft fleet belonging to fellow FBO operator Desert Jet, which is currently operating a service location from a temporary facility on the airport as its own permanent Desert Jet Center complex is under construction.

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