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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Humanitarian air services provider Air Serv has expanded its operations in eastern Africa with the deployment of two additional Cessna Grand Caravans to the region. The aircraft will be deployed in Juba, South Sudan, and Darfur, Sudan, joining the aircraft that is based in Wau.

 


The two countries have experienced a period of political and economic instability over the past two decades due to drought, famine, and tribal warfare, which has resulted in more than five million refugees and displaced people. Air Serv's aircraft will support assistance programs providing shelter, food, and medical services to those communities.

 


Additionally, the Juba-based aircraft will be used to support medical programs, with an Ebola outbreak in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo having claimed more than 2,000 lives. Air Serv’s crews and staff are working with the World Health Organization to learn proper handling and transport techniques for patients. As the only fixed-wing aircraft in the region dedicated to this mission, it will be strategically located should the epidemic continue to spread.

 


Virginia-based Air Serv, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, operates a fleet of five Caravans and specializes in “last mile” air transportation in support of humanitarian efforts. In addition to charter, maintenance, and consulting services, the non-profit organization provides response capabilities for assistance groups operating in disaster areas.

Humanitarian Group Deploys Two More Caravans

Air Serv, which operates five Cessna Caravans, has relocated another two of them to eastern Africa to support aid programs in the strife-torn region.

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