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.
It had been an emotionally taxing day. When we left our daughter five weeks earlier, we departed worried. It was her first day at art school, her first time living outside the home, and she was clearly feeling intimidated and alone. She was tight lipped all day and her words at parting – “Well, I may crash and burn here” – did nothing to boost the spirits of her debt-laden parents. We fretted day after day.
Flightcraft recently completed a $1.5 million business aviation terminal at the company’s FBO in Eugene, Ore. The remodeled 3,800-square-foot facility is more than double the size of the former terminal and features executive luggage service, improved catering facilities, two conference rooms, wireless Internet, ramp and parking lot security cameras, as well as a pilot lounge with a flight planning center, private shower and bathroom, and snooze room.
