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
The historic Boeing B-29 Superfortress known as “Doc” is back home in Wichita and preparing to launch its 2021 fall tour following engine troubles that arose on its flight to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in July.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Tamarack Aerospace Group, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, has exited Chapter 11 reorganization, ending a bankruptcy proceeding that began in June 2019 following a two-month grounding of 91 Citation jets outfitted with the company’s aftermarket active winglets after a noninjury incident that year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The price of a private jet is rising. But before manufacturers will raise list prices, they will first offer less of a discount, depending on the make, model and customer, says Brian Foley, a consultant with Brian Foley Associates.
Aircraft & Propulsion