William Garvey

Former Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation

Charleston, South Carolina

Summary

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.

Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.

Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.

An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.

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Articles

William Garvey (Kodiak, Alaska)
The northernmost U.S. space launch facility has a perfect record, which it is hoping to maintain and build on with additional, quick-turn capacity. Construction is under way on a rocket motor storage facility here that, once completed, is intended to give the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC) the capability to stack, fuel, program, launch and track a satellite-carrying missile within 24 hr. of mission go-ahead.

William Garvey
In a startling development, Richard T. Santulli, the Wall Street mathematician who created and then oversaw the development of NetJets Inc. into the largest operator of business jets in the world, is resigning as chairman and chief executive of the Berkshire Hathaway-owned company, effective immediately.

William Garvey (Ridgefield, Conn.), David Esler (Ridgefield, Conn.)
Richard Santulli’s announcement last week that he was resigning as chairman and CEO of NetJets Inc., the world’s largest operator of business jets, raised questions about Berkshire Hathaway’s commitment to the money-losing subsidiary and even the viability of the fractional aircraft ownership concept. Although Santulli cited his desire “to spend some more time with my young family and pursue other interests,” as the motivation for stepping down, others suggest NetJets’ recent fiscal performance might have been a factor.
William Garvey