Bill Carey

Senior Editor, Business Aviation

Washington, DC

Summary

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.

Articles

By Bill Carey
Weeks after reported drone sightings disrupted operations at London’s Gatwick Airport, London Heathrow Airport briefly suspended departures on Jan. 8 to investigate a drone sighting.
Airports & Networks

By Bill Carey
Insurance company State Farm said it has received a long-term FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the operator’s visual line of sight (BVLOS) and over people.

By Bill Carey
Insurance company State Farm said it has received a long-term FAA waiver to fly drones beyond the operator’s visual line of sight (BVLOS) and over people.
Business Aviation