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

Jessica A. Salerno, William Garvey
Robert E. Breiling Associates reports that in the first six months of 2013, the U.S. business jet fleet experienced seven accidents, three of which were fatal to nine persons versus 10 accidents including two fatal accidents and nine fatalities the same period in 2012. Two of the fatal U.S. business jet accidents were Beech Premier aircraft fatal to seven. Both aircraft crashed during abandoned landing approaches in VMC, one at night. The other fatal accident involved a Lear 60 the crashed on approach in Venezuela during a heavy rainstorm.
Business Aviation

Jessica A. Salerno, William Garvey
Cessna has resumed deliveries of the Corvalis single-piston aircraft, now called the TTx and equipped with a number of enhancements. Cessna announced in April 2012 that it would restart the TTx's production line, and began production later that year. The company flew the first of the new production TTx aircraft in early March. The first of the new TTx aircraft were handed over to customers during a ceremony at the company's facility in Independence, Kan., in late June. The TTx includes a number of updates, including Garmin G2000 avionics with dual 14.1-in.
Business Aviation

Jessica A. Salerno, William Garvey
During the second quarter of 2013, Embraer delivered 22 jetliners 29 executive jets comprising 11 Phenom 100s, 12 Phenom 300s, five Legacy 650s and one Lineage. For the first half of the year, the Brazilian manufacturer delivered 31 Phenoms and ten Legacy and Lineage models and had a firm order backlog for commercial and executive jets worth $17.1 billion, an increase of $3.8 billion over the first quarter and its highest since the third quarter of 2009.
Business Aviation
William Garvey