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.
A corporate turnaround specialist appointed to the top job at Hawker Beechcraft says his top priority is to revive – not sell – the struggling manufacturer of business jets, general aviation turboprops and military trainers. Robert S. “Steve” Miller was appointed CEO on Feb. 7, replacing longtime chief executive Bill Boisture, who will remain as chairman of the company’s operating subsidiary. Miller, the chairman of AIG, has more than three decades of experience as a senior executive at Chrysler, Ford, Delphi, Bethlehem Steel and Waste Management.
Gulfstream Aerospace's remarkable end-of-year performance in 2011—delivering 35 aircraft, including a dozen G650s, in the fourth quarter—serves to mask the true condition of the business aviation manufacturing industry, which remains unwell. On Feb. 22, when the General Aviation Manufacturers Association reveals the tally of aircraft its members built last year, the reaction is likely to be pained. Again. It's been that way since the market collapsed in late 2008.
Michael Toscano President and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), Alexandria, Va. After earning an engineering degree at the University of Rhode Island in 1976, Toscano began a 30-plus-year career with the Department of Defense that included serving as coordinator of the DOD's joint robotics program, advising on the Roles of Unmanned Vehicles, and managing R&D for Nuclear Security of weapons systems, personnel and facilities. He joined AUVSI as it chief executive in October 2008.
