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.
Airline pilots’ unions and a business jet pilots association have formed an alliance to oppose a provision of draft FAA reauthorization legislation that calls for research into single-piloted cargo operations.
An Aeromexico Embraer E190AR crashed shortly after takeoff from Guadalupe Victoria Airport in the state of Durango, Mexico, July 31. The airline and local authorities said there were 103 people onboard, including four crew, but no reports of fatalities.
