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
Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger became instantly famous for safely ditching his A320 in the Hudson River in January 2009. But it turns out that the river had been targeted for similar activity a decade earlier by the New York State Legislature.

William Garvey
Newby O. Brantly was a Texas-born engineer and inventor whose broad interests benefited broadly, leading him to design a knitting machine, backhoe loader and athletic brassiere, among other things. A fascination with emerging helicopter technology resulted in his creation of the B-2 in 1953.

William Garvey
At the same time that N.O. Brantly was creating his little helicopter, David Thurston, a Grumman engineer, was developing a single-engine amphibian, which he dubbed the Skimmer. The prototype flew in 1948, but another eight years passed before type-certification and production began.
William Garvey