Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.
He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.
Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.
Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.
An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.
Next month’s big gathering of the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wis., is expected to reflect an improving economy by drawing more than a half million attendees, 10,000 airplanes and 700+ exhibitors, association spokesman Dick Knapinski says. Those figures would mirror the previous year’s numbers.
Next month’s Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) gathering in Oshkosh, Wis., is expected to reflect an improving economy by drawing more than a half million attendees, 10,000 airplanes and 700-plus exhibitors. Among the noteworthy alighting at the July 26-Aug. 1 fly-in will be several dozen DC-3s and C-47s, there to mark the Douglas twin’s 75th anniversary. And in acknowledgment of what’s coming, the event will include a symposium on electric aircraft, whose presenters will include representatives from General Electric, among others.
A one-time rotary wing reject keeps setting popularity records. Bell Helicopter slated June 15 for delivery of its 1,000th Model 407 light, single-engine helicopter. Launched in 1995, the 407, according to Bell, became the fastest-selling helicopter worldwide and remains among the most popular, employed on missions ranging from law enforcement and medevac to executive transport. Last year the 407 was selected as Iraqi air force’s armed scout helicopter. The four-blade machine is a descendant of the 1960s-vintage OH-4A, which lost the U.S.
