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.
– WICHITA, Kan. – A severe downturn in the aviation industry has led to the loss of more than 10,000 jobs in Wichita as the impact from mass layoffs at companies such as Cessna, Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier Learjet has rippled through small suppliers and the economy.
– Eclipse Aviation reopened the doors at its Albuquerque, N.M., headquarters and assembly site Sept. 1, some six months after closing them, many thought permanently. Eclipse Aerospace, Inc., a new entity founded by Eclipse 500 owners Mason Holland and Mike Press, purchased the bankrupt company’s assets through auction last month in a deal involving $20 million in cash and an equal amount in new notes to old Eclipse Aviation noteholders. The original company spent more than $1 billion to design, certify, and deliver the EA 500 very light jet before failing.
A new study sponsored largely by business aviation interests argues that corporations using business aircraft deliver better financial performance than those eschewing that form of travel. “Business Aviation In A Changing Economy—An Enterprise Value Perspective,” was produced by NEXA Advisors, LLC, an Arlington, Va.-based corporate finance consultancy, for the National Business Aviation Assn. (NBAA), the General Aviation Manufacturers Assn. (GAMA), and others, including Aviation Week.
