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.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
Five general aviation organizations are opposing two New York City bills they say would “severely restrict helicopter operations in the city.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Textron Aviation is launching its Special Olympics Airlift and seeking owners and operators of Cessna Citation, Beechcraft King Air, Beechcraft Premier, Beechjet and Hawker products to help fly more than 4,000 athletes and coaches to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Piper Aircraft President and CEO Simon Caldecott plans to retire April 2 after nearly 10 years with the company. Piper’s board of directors has been working on a succession plan for several months and new leadership will be announced soon, the company said.
Aircraft & Propulsion