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.
Italian manufacturer Tecnam said Nov. 24 that its Jet A1-capable P2010 TDI single-engine airplane has been awarded a type certificate from the FAA under its Part 23 regulation.
Private-aviation services companies Jet Access and Eagle Creek Aviation plan to merge, a combination they said on Nov. 23 will create the 12th largest Part 135 charter operator in the U.S.
