Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week. 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.
Democrats serving on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have asked for an audit of the FAA’s use of developmental air traffic management (ATM) systems designed to optimize airspace use.
As it expands its presence in the U.S., French manufacturer Daher Aircraft is also seeing an expansion in the operating roles of its TBM and Kodiak turboprops.
