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.
With the Earth's axial tilt near its maximum incline toward the Sun of 23 deg., 26 min., the fun season has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. Summertime, yes, but more importantly for the aviation-inclined, it's that time when blue weekend skies fill with snap-rolling Extras, thunderous F-18s, smoky tailslides, Cuban 8s, inverted ribbon cuts and waves of vintage warbirds powered by full-throated radials. It's air show time.
A time long ago, but not so far away, I was paging through a favorite magazine when my eyes fixed on a gorgeous photo that filled me with desire. No, not Penthouse, nor Playboy. Not even Sports IIlustrated's bikinied babes issue. I was poring over Boy's Life, the official publication of the Boy Scouts of America, and was simply transfixed by a hatchet.
