Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2017, he worked for Aviation International News and Avionics and Rotor & Wing magazines.
Bill was the recipient of the National Business Aviation Association's Gold Wing Award in 2017 and 2022 for his reporting on drones and advanced air mobility, respectively, and in 1997 received the British Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the business aviation category. He is the author of the book, Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America, published in 2016.
Nextant Aerospace said it successfully completed initial certification flight testing of the new Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) flight deck of U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk twin-engine trainers.
A spate of in-flight malfunctions involving the DJI Matrice quadcopter drone used by British police forces has prompted new safety investigations in the UK and a safety notice from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
FAA’s regulation governing commercial drone operators does not require enough aeronautical experience, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) says in comments on a rule change that would allow drone flights over people.
