Bill Carey

Senior Editor, Business Aviation

Washington, DC

Summary

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.

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Articles

By Bill Carey
Iridium has set Jan. 8 as the date for the eighth and final launch of its second-generation Iridium Next satellites.
Defense and Space

By Bill Carey
With over 500 fatalities and a 50% rise in fatal accidents, 2018 was a setback year for commercial airline safety following the record safe performance of 2017.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
Training partnerships, facility expansions and simulator sales point to concerted effort to produce pilots.
Connected Aerospace