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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Rapidly expanding FBO chain Modern Aviation has begun construction of&nbsp;a $17 million hangar complex&nbsp;at Puerto Rico’s Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci/Isla Grande Airport. Attending a groundbreaking ceremony late last week were&nbsp;Pedro Pierluisi, the island’s governor;&nbsp;Joel Pizá-Batiz, executive director of the Puerto Rico Airports Authority;&nbsp;and other local officials.
The project includes a pair of 24,000-sq-ft hangars that are designed to withstand extreme weather such as hurricanes and even earthquakes with a geo-pier foundation system. They will be in addition to the location's existing 87,000 sq ft of hangar space, which can accommodate aircraft up to a Bombardier Challenger 350 or Gulfstream G280.
Modern Aviation&nbsp;expects the first of the hangars&nbsp;to be completed by the end of this year, with the second to follow in the first quarter of 2024.&nbsp;They&nbsp;will be the first hangars at the airport able to&nbsp;hold&nbsp;heavy business jets, which have previously had to remain on the ramp,&nbsp;&lt;&gt;said&nbsp;Modern CEO Mark Carmen.
Backed by private equity fund Tiger Infrastructure Partners, the company&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-12-16/modern-aviation-closes-puerto-rico-fbo-acquisition">acquired the location</a> at the end of 2021.

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