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
As expected, Eclipse Aerospace made news at the recent NBAA Convention by announcing it planned to restart production of an upgraded Eclipse jet, now designated Eclipse 550 to signify its improvements over the 500. What made that announcement particularly notable was the 900-lb. gorilla standing beside Eclipse Chairman/CEO Mason Holland. That's not an unseemly characterization of Jeff Pino, but rather an allusion to the size of the company he heads: Sikorsky Aircraft.

William Garvey (Las Vegas), Fred George (Las Vegas)
Although he's been on the job for just four months, Scott Ernest, CEO and president of Cessna Aircraft, is pushing the throttles at the beleaguered airframer and accelerating the introduction of two new Citation models to counter new competitors in the light jet market, which Cessna has dominated for decades.

William Garvey
While gloom prevails at many light-plane manufacturing sites, it is all sunshine and blue skies in Battle Creek, Mich. Probably best known as the hometown of Kellogg's breakfast cereals, it also happens to be home to Waco Classic Aircraft Corp., maker of the gorgeous YMF-5 biplane (above) and more.
William Garvey