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.
WE WERE HEADING for the cabin in the woods once again, but this time, we planned stops en route. So, we needed shelter. I called a motel. ``I'd like a non-smoking room for Saturday night.'' ``One with a king-sized bed or two queens?'' the clerk asked cheerily. ``The two queens. My wife and I are traveling with children.'' ``How many?'' ``Three.'' ``That will be cozy.'' ``And a dog.'' ``Oh my.''
After World War II, navy pilot and mechanic Guy Hill Sr. came home to Georgia to put his skills to use. After working on small planes and performing stunts on weekends, he took $10,000, half of which was borrowed from his mother, and bought an FBO at Charlie Brown Field from a mill owner who'd wearied of the enterprise. Hill nurtured his operation to prominence. Several of his children worked there part time, but Guy Jr., an aviation advocate and his only boy, signed on full time in 1988 and stayed. Guy Sr. died in 2004 but had installed his son as CEO years before.
By William Garvey [email protected] Depending on what's running, the payoff can come
HORSES' BRAINS ARE modestly sized for the massive bodies they control, a kind arrangement, I suppose, if your fate is to be a beast of burden. But most of the equines I've encountered wouldn't know a plow harness from a hula hoop. Rather they're the pampered darlings of well-off exurbanites, or four-legged cops that stand around a lot, or desultory dobbins who plod along tired paths with half-pint Hopalongs giddyapping on their backs.
