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.
The U.S. Transportation Department inspector general has initiated an audit of the FAA and industry program to provide timely, automated authorization of drone flights near airports.
Austria’s Frequentis will provide a remote virtual tower system at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport (EZE), as the airport carries out an expansion.
Aireon and FlightAware have activated their GlobalBeacon flight-tracking offering for airlines, days before an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) tracking recommendation takes effect, the companies said Nov. 5.
