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.
William Garvey (Ridgefield, Conn.), David Esler (Ridgefield, Conn.)
Richard Santulli’s announcement last week that he was resigning as chairman and CEO of NetJets Inc., the world’s largest operator of business jets, raised questions about Berkshire Hathaway’s commitment to the money-losing subsidiary and even the viability of the fractional aircraft ownership concept. Although Santulli cited his desire “to spend some more time with my young family and pursue other interests,” as the motivation for stepping down, others suggest NetJets’ recent fiscal performance might have been a factor.
Richard Wyeroski FAA Whistleblower and former Principal Operations Inspector, Bayport, N.Y. A Long Island native, Wyeroski proceeded on parallel careers in graphic arts and aviation. In the former, he worked variously as a photographer, a union printer, retoucher, tech rep, salesman and consultant. Meanwhile, he took flight lessons at the old Zahn’s Airport and began using his own aircraft for business trips. His ratings now include ATP, CFI, and A&P with AI. After a series of piloting jobs, he joined the FAA in 1998.
Manufacturers of piston-engine aircraft and powerplant makers are showing interest in an experimental, non-petroleum biofuel that could possibly serve as a “drop-in” replacement for leaded avgas. Swift Enterprises Ltd., a West Lafayette, Ind.-based energy development company, has engineered a hydrocarbon-based fuel synthesized from biomass that has demonstrated detonation protection and energy output equal to or better than 100 octane low-lead (100LL) aviation gasoline. Until now, no research effort has arrived at such a product, petroleum-based or not.
