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

Avports, the operator of New York’s Westchester County Airport (KHPN), recently partnered with Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology and Westchester County to establish a paid college internship program.&nbsp;The launch—first announced last month at the NBAA Northeast Regional held at KHPN—will give students valuable aviation experience in airport administration and operations while allowing them to interface with airlines, Fortune 500 flight departments, FBOs, and private pilots.
KHPN and its tenant businesses include nearly 1,500 workers, and Avports is seeking to fill 60 positions.&nbsp;“The partnership with Vaughn will prove to be a vast pipeline of emerging talent for airports like Westchester and others throughout the region and nation,” said KHPN manager Francisco Tejada. “We hope to draw young aviation professionals with fresh perspectives as they begin their careers.”
Intern Hassan Khan, who is heading into his senior year at Vaughn, explained that the experience takes his education beyond the classroom. “I’m so fortunate to be working alongside professionals and receiving the practical experience that I only read about in school. Here, I’m doing it every day and making inspections, safety and weather checks, and so much more.” He added that the opportunity will help him establish a career in airport management.

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Paid Aviation Internship Program Launched at Westchester County Airport

The program is a partership between Avports, Vaughn College, and Westchester County

Avports, the operator of Westchester County Airport, partnered with Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology and Westchester County on an internship program.

Aviation Internship Program Launched at KHPN

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