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.
Questions for Dr. Peggy Chabrian Sure she was going to be an elementary school teacher, Chabrian recalculated her life after taking aflight in a 1946 Ercoupe. 1. How is it that the WAI and conference came to be?
While much of the business aviation industry news in recent years has involved cutbacks, closures and consolidations, Gulfstream Aerospace has delivered a completely different kind of dispatch. In 2006, two years before the global financial crisis, the Georgia-based manufacturer outlined a seven-year expansion effort that would result in 1,100 new jobs and represent a $300 million investment. But halfway through that original seven-year commitment, Gulfstream had already invested $400 million and created 1,500 new jobs in Savannah.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is mulling recommendations of an international working group that would permit commercially operated, single-turbine aircraft in instrument meteorological conditions. It is expected to release a formal proposed rulemaking in the next several months. The action brings Europe the closest to permitting such operations, which have been sought by local operators for decades. It would also take a step toward operating regulations long in place in the U.S., which permits both single turbine and piston operations.
