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.
Textron Aviation saw growth in revenue and profit during the second quarter (Q2) with increased deliveries of its Cessna Citation jets and Caravan turboprops.
The NTSB expected that an investigator would arrive on scene July 27 to determine the cause of a midair collision one day earlier in East Portland, Arkansas, involving Air Tractor AT-802A and AT-802 agricultural airplanes.
