Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2017, he worked for Aviation International News and Avionics and Rotor & Wing magazines.
Bill was the recipient of the National Business Aviation Association's Gold Wing Award in 2017 and 2022 for his reporting on drones and advanced air mobility, respectively, and in 1997 received the British Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the business aviation category. He is the author of the book, Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America, published in 2016.
Even as biofuel suppliers and fixed-base operators (FBOs) ramp up the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), aircraft operators remain uncertain about the composition of SAF and complexity of using it to claim emissions reductions, business aviation leaders say.
Aviation fuel supplier Avfuel Corp. for the first time is exhibiting with renewable fuels producer Neste at the annual NBAA Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC2022), being held April 5-7 in San Diego.
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has launched an online directory that provides information on fixed-based operators (FBO) and airport participation in industry safety programs.
