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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Banyan Air Service, the full-service FBO and MRO provider at Florida's Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE), has added the Pilatus PC-24 light jet to the service capabilities for its Pilatus Satellite Service Center, located on the grounds of its sprawling facility. The move increases Banyan’s commitment to delivering MRO service to a broader range of customers and aircraft.
In addition, the company expanded service capacity for the PC-12 turboprop single to its <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2024-01-19/banyan-opens-north-florida-hondajet-mro-volato-base">recently established</a> maintenance base at Northeast Florida Regional Airport (KSGJ) in St. Augustine.&nbsp;The North Florida facility—initially intended to handle the HondaJet—just successfully concluded its first PC-12 annual inspection and is equipped to provide modifications, avionics upgrades, and AOG support to the region’s hundreds of Honda and Pilatus aircraft.
“We are thrilled to expand our Pilatus support and complete our first PC-12 annual inspection at St. Augustine,” said Charlie Amento, Banyan’s v-p and director of MRO services. “Adding PC-24 capabilities and expanding our PC-12 services reflects our commitment to providing world-class maintenance solutions and meeting the needs of our growing customer base throughout Florida and beyond.”

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