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.
"So Dad, you've got a tent?" I had indeed. "Can we use it?" "Even better, you can have it for keeps." It would be my way to join in the adventure. Son Michael's tour at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami was ending and, quite done with the East Coast, he'd bid for the Pacific. Presently, his XO announced that he'd gotten his wish. San Diego? No. LA? No. San Francisco? No. Oregon, Washington, Hawaii? No, No, No. Where?
What became of TCA Flight 810? It was a question asked again and again across Canada for months. The flight had come to grief, that was obvious, but where and why? The airliner, a DC-4, had departed Vancouver Airport on the evening of Dec. 9, 1956, bound for Calgary with 59 passengers -- including five all-star players with the Canadian Football League -- and three crewmembers.
