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.
Embraer reports that it delivered 34 aircraft — 20 of them business jets — during the first quarter of 2014. In addition to 14 commercial E-Jets, the Brazilian planemaker handed over three Phenom 100s, 14 Phenom 300s, two Legacy 650s and one Lineage 1000. The company says that as of March 31 its firm order backlog totaled $19.2 billion, a $1 billion increase during the quarter in which Air Costa, an Indian carrier, ordered 50 E-Jets.
Aircell reports surpassing the 2,000th installation of its Gogo Biz system in business aircraft. The broadband service was introduced in June 2009. The company has more than 4,000 air-to-ground systems in the business and commercial aviation markets.
Robinson Helicopter Co. has delivered its 500th R66, just three and a half years after the FAA awarded certification to the five-place helicopter, the Torrance, Calif., manufacturer’s first turbine-powered machine. The milestone helicopter was delivered March 14 to Aviamarket, a Russian dealer. Aviamarket put the aircraft’s capabilities to the test last year, first in April when company pilots landed an R66 at the North Pole, and again in September when the company organized a six-week, around-the-world expedition using a pair of R66s.
