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.

Business Aviation Services Editor

Curt Epstein

Ametek MRO subsidiary Muirhead Avionics has been named as an authorized repair center by <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2025-10-14/innovative-solutions-becomes-innovative-aerosystems">Innovative Aerosystems</a>. The accreditation applies to selected legacy avionics products formerly developed under Honeywell product lines.
Under the agreement, UK-based Muirhead—which has supported legacy Honeywell-designed avionics for decades—is now authorized to provide approved repair and overhaul services for selected inertial reference units, radio equipment, and associated avionics systems.
According to Muirhead Avionics/Ametek MRO v-p and business manager David Bentley, avionics OEMs are increasingly collaborating with specialized MRO providers to support long-serving equipment in the field. He added that the appointment of his company will support continued product availability and regulatory compliance for operators of these legacy systems.
“As an authorized repair center, Muirhead Avionics will operate in accordance with OEM-approved repair processes, supported by access to authorized technical data, approved test equipment, and parts,” said Bentley. “This authorization enables Muirhead Avionics to support operators across Europe, Africa, and Asia with approved repair capability for selected legacy avionics platforms.”
Ametek MRO’s 13 global locations service more than 40,000 aircraft components across systems, including avionics, fuel, heat transfer, landing gear, hydraulics, pneumatics, power, safety and medical, wheels, and brakes.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

UK Avionics Shop Tapped for Authorized Innovative Aerosystems Repairs

The company can provide approved repair and overhaul services for certain equipment

Ametek MRO subsidiary UK-based Muirhead Avionics has been named an authorized repair center for specific legacy avionics products from Innovative Aerosystems.

UK Avionics Shop Tapped for Innovative Aerosystems Work

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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Amy Wilder

New 12,000-sq-ft hangar now operational at Akron-Canton

Steiner Aviation Expands Facility for Midsize Jet Mx

The company partnered on the technology in 2023

Jet Aviation Brings Drone Aircraft Inspections to U.S.

Package is available for classic and earlier modified models

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Kerry Lynch

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Combined entity spans 61 locations across eight countries, including 48 repair facilities and 11 distribution centers

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Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

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