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.
During the Oct. 3 debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the president once again took a swipe at business jet owners, among his favorite targets, and the reference brought an immediate objection from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). On the subject of taxes, Obama said, “Why wouldn’t we eliminate tax breaks for corporate jets? My attitude is, if you’ve got a corporate jet, you can probably afford to pay full freight, not get a special break for it.”
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a formal meeting of the five-member board on Oct. 10 to determine the probable cause of the crash of an experimental Gulfstream Aerospace G650 business jet during flight testing. The April 2, 2011, accident in Roswell, N.M., killed the two Gulfstream flight-test pilots and two flight engineers on board.
