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.
Following the Dec. 14 fatal crash of an Aerospatiale AS 350 B-2 Ecureuil, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has issued an aviation safety advisory letter.
The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) and the Single European Sky ATM Research Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) signed an agreement to cooperate on air traffic management (ATM) modernization initiatives.
