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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Modesto Jet Center, the lone FBO at California’s Modesto City-County Airport-Harry Sham Field (KMOD), has acquired a 26,500-sq-ft hangar that previously housed a corporate flight department.
Built in the late 1990s, the insulated hangar with a 26-foot-high door can accommodate aircraft up to a Gulfstream G650. It features executive office space, two full bathrooms with showers, additional upstairs office and storage space, private gated vehicle access, and direct 24/7 support from the full-service FBO. This latest addition brings the Avfuel-branded complex to more than 106,000 sq ft of aircraft shelter space.
“This is more than simply hangar space,” said Greg Holbrook, the FBO’s general manager. “It is an opportunity for a corporate flight department or aviation operator to establish a highly functional base with the infrastructure and support needed to operate efficiently.”
Located in California’s Central Valley, KMOD offers a 5,904-foot primary runway and convenient access to Northern California business markets without many of the operational challenges associated with larger metropolitan airports, according to Modesto Jet Center.

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