Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita, KS

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 30-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week market intelligence report. 

Before joining Aviation Week, Molly spent nearly 20 years at the Wichita Eagle, Kansas’ largest newspaper, where she served as senior aviation/aerospace reporter.

 Molly became a private pilot in 2011, learning to fly in her dad's 1956 Piper Tri-Pacer. 

She has won multiple state and national journalism awards, including awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, Heart of America and the Kansas Press Association. She was the recipient of the  2023 and the 2013 National Business Aviation Association’s Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence and was featured in a book on Kansas called Ad Astra: 161 Adventurers, Astronauts, Discoverers, Explorers, Pilots, Pioneers and Scientists.

A graduate of Wichita State University, Molly was selected the 2014 Outstanding Alumni at WSU’s Elliott School of Communication.

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Articles

By Molly McMillin
Van’s Aircraft, the maker of kit aircraft, will celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary at EAA AirVenture along with presenting an all-new aircraft—the RV-15 high-wing taildragger fit for backcountry flying.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
More than 600,000 aviation aficionados, 10,000-12,000 aircraft and hundreds of exhibitors are expected to attend the 69th annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which this year marks the return of international visitors following the lifting of COVID restrictions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation manufacturers delivered 167 business jets and 57 turboprops during the second quarter of 2022, compared to 153 jets and 65 turboprops in the same period a year ago, according to preliminary data from Aviation Week Network’s Fleet Discovery.
Aircraft & Propulsion