William Garvey

Former Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation

Charleston, South Carolina

Summary

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.

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Articles

By William Garvey
Nelson Miller Program Director FAA/NASA Aviation Safety and Security, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City, N.J. A Ph.D. in Safety Engineering from Drexel University, Miller's career includes stints at Boeing Vertol where he worked on early tilt-rotor technology and developing aircraft arrestment hardware for the U.S. Navy. He joined the FAA Tech Center (then called NAFEC) in 1970 and has moved steadily up the research ranks.

By William Garvey [email protected]
THE ASSIGNMENT WAS CLEAR: The thingamajig at the bottom of the kitchen sink drain had corroded to the point that the brass catchall cross had disappeared altogether. Since the kids for some reason keep removing the catch baskets, the drainpipes were filling with spaghetti scrapings, broccoli bits, soggy fries and other decaying detritus. It was gross.

By William Garvey [email protected]
AN UNEXPECTED RESIGNATION prompted us to place a classified ad in the local daily, hoping to attract a pleasant but persnickety desk editor. Meanwhile, a young librarian with literary yearnings happened upon our ad and felt a frisson. Two days later Stacie Raffaele was interviewing in our offices and three weeks after that, she was at work editing this message. That's happy, coincidental convergence. When task forces merge to pulverize an enemy, that's convergence, too -- but directed, confrontational and devastating.
William Garvey