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

William Garvey
On March 31 a full decade will have passed since Chicago's then-Mayor Richard M. Daley sent municipal crews in the dark of night to bulldoze the runway at close-in Meigs Field.
Business Aviation

William Garvey
The story is familiar and often in times past, its conclusion was marked by tears, heated reproach and crushing disappointment. But unlike the odysseys of Bede, Adam and Raburn's Eclipse, this time there could be a happy ending.
Business Aviation

William Garvey, Kerry Lynch
Badly wounded in Vietnam when his gunship's rocket exploded during launch, Walt Fricke spent months in a stateside hospital, some 700 mi. from his family. During that time he was worried, lonely and in pain. He says that he wasn't really able to heal until his family could gather the resources to come visit him several weeks later. It was this experience that led him to create the Veterans Airlift Command (VAC), a network of business-jet operators that transports wounded vets and their families wherever they need to go, free of charge.
Business Aviation
William Garvey