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.
A farm kid interested in aviation, college grad Tiahrt soon got a job at Boeing Wichita, and remained some 14 years. His programs included the Space Station's environmental controls, weapons interface on the Comanche and maintenance for Air Force One. A political conservative, he ran for a seat in the state house (and lost), state senate (and won) and in 1994 against veteran congressman Dan Glickman, whom he defeated. 1 What was Boeing's reaction to you running for Congress?
AS I WRITE THIS, I AM on interminable hold awaiting yet another pleasant but unhelpful person to help me with my problem. We recently purchased a home office printer after its predecessor went to Printer Paradise. One of the first steps in connecting the new device is to load a setup CD into the computer. Unfortunately, the CD tried to automatically load its contents onto my C: drive, assuming it was my hard drive. It is not. For reasons unknown, that's my F: drive.
The pace of aircraft conception and development has been robust throughout the economic malaise that had beset the industry for too long. And now that most indicators suggest interest in business aircraft is rising steadily, there are a host of new and evolutionary designs ready to accommodate.
