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.
The United Kingdom Department for Transport is delaying the Aug. 31 deadline for submission of emissions and benchmarking plans by foreign aircraft operators intending to comply with provisions of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA). The reason for the postponement, the BBGA said, is the European Commission’s delay in publishing a “definitive” list of affected operators.
A contretemps between Europe and the U.S. over inspecting airline maintenance shops has American business aviation interests worried. The European Commission and the U.S. signed a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement in June 2008. However, the Europeans have delayed implementation because members of the U.S. Congress, apparently at the urging of unions concerned that they’ll lose work, want the FAA to inspect European shops servicing American aircraft at least twice annually, in direct contradiction to the bilateral agreement.
The Experimental Aircraft Assn. annual Airventure fly-in, set for July 27-Aug. 2 in Oshkosh, Wis., is expected to draw more than 500,000 attendees, or about the same as in 2008. Highlights this year will include the Virgin Galactic WhiteKnightTwo spacecraft carrier, an Airbus A380 and Erickson Sky Crane, along with the PiperJet and a variety of military aircraft including the C5M re-engined Galaxy, a C-17 Globemaster III and, for the first time, a UAV—a Predator B operated by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service.
