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.
Despite its current economic woes, Cessna Aircraft is spending on R&D and used the recent NBAA Convention to showcase its upgraded Citation Ten (above), the first of what CEO Jack Pelton promises will be a steady parade of new or improved models.
It was a BIG anniversary, so we pushed the MasterCard throttles way past redline and — Poof! — there we were on a beachfront aerie watching the sun climb out of the topaz waters of Castle Harbour. Bermuda delivered all we hoped – perfect weather, palms of every kind, candy-colored houses with bright-white roofs, kamikaze bus drivers, rum fun, pink sand beaches, and oh-so-welcoming islanders.
