Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita

Summary

Molly McMillin is managing editor of business aviation for Aviation Week and editor-in-chief of the Business Aviation & AAM Report, 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
If you’re a fixed base operator and there is an incident or accident, investigators will ask many questions about the events leading up to it to make sure everything was performed properly. Will your FBO be ready?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
“There ain’t much learnin’ in the second kick of a mule,” and other aviation lessons to be found in the wisdom of cowboys and ranchers.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 23 executive jets during the third quarter of 2022, including 15 light jets and eight mid-size jets, up from 21 in the same quarter a year ago.
Aircraft & Propulsion