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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Textron Aviation has designated Signature Aviation as the exclusive FBO sponsor for this year’s Special Olympics Airlift, to be held this June in Minnesota. The Wichita-based airframer has organized the airlift,&nbsp;which unites the aviation community and has transported more than 10,000 athletes to the Special Olympics USA Games since 1987.
As part of the world’s largest peacetime airlift, Textron will mobilize&nbsp;more than&nbsp;100&nbsp;volunteer Cessna, Beechcraft,&nbsp;and Hawker owners and pilots&nbsp;to carry participating athletes and their coaches to the games on Friday, June 19, and return them home on Saturday, June 27.
“The Special Olympics Airlift is about creating an experience where athletes feel welcomed and celebrated from the moment they arrive,” said Textron Aviation president and CEO Ron Draper. “Signature Aviation helps make that possible with a level of care that turns the journey into a meaningful part of the Games.”
Signature, the world’s largest FBO network, will provide operational and hospitality support&nbsp;from 17 of its&nbsp;locations throughout the country as athletes travel to&nbsp;and from the Minneapolis area.
A Signature hangar at St. Paul Downtown Airport/Holman Field&nbsp;(KSTP) will be renovated and converted into the Champion Center—a dedicated arrival&nbsp;and departure&nbsp;space designed to celebrate athletes from the moment they step off the&nbsp;aircraft&nbsp;through their journey home following the Games.
“This is what our industry can do at its best—come together in service of something bigger than ourselves,” said Signature CEO Tony Lefebvre.&nbsp;“We’re&nbsp;honored to support the Special Olympics Airlift and help create an experience that reflects the dignity, excitement, and pride these athletes bring to the Games.”

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