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.
George A. Saling Vice President, Aviation&Travel Services, Philip Morris Management Corp. After flying U.S. Army O-1 Bird Dogs in Vietnam, Saling joined Tenneco as a management trainee and soon was assigned to the flight department as a pilot/manager. He later worked at GTE and FlightSafety, and in 1991 joined Philip Morris, overseeing its eight aircraft operation. An NBAA board member since 1994, he was elected chairman in December 2001. 1 You're the NBAA's big boss now. What do you see as the association's priorities?
The true first year of the third millennium is gone, and good riddance. Welcome, indeed, Double-Oh-Two. The year that just ended will be remembered for the worst of it -- the airplane attacks of September, the wailing bagpipes and endless succession of heart-wrenching memorial services, the savage warring that had to follow. Yes, the world changed, much for the worse, in the latter half of anno Domini 2001. But not entirely. December helped put things in perspective.
Despite the downturn in the economy, Cessna Aircraft Co. is going forward with construction of a $60 million Citation Service Center in Wichita, so cavernous it will be able to accommodate 75-80 jets simultaneously. Preparation of the 150-acre site at Mid-Continent Airport is to begin immediately and the 443,000-square-foot center is expected to be open in 2003.
