John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A lifelong aviation enthusiast, John has been a private pilot for 34 years and won an award at EAA Oshkosh for his restoration of a vintage British Auster army spotter aircraft. He is currently building a 1920s Staaken Flitzer biplane from plans. John attended his first Farnborough Air Show in 1952, when just eight months old.
George Larsen (Anaheim), John Morris (Anaheim), Guy Norris (Anaheim)
Helicopter makers are steeling themselves for a tough year in spite of surprisingly upbeat market projections and cautious optimism at the Helicopter Assn. International (HAI) annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
Business jet manufacturers are hoping strong demand from the Middle East will cushion them as the global financial crisis bites deeper around the rest of the world.
THAT I WOULD ONE DAY build my own biplane was perhaps inevitable. Now I am three and a half years into a built-from-plans, all-wood personal fighter whose 1926 technology continues to throw light on the challenges that manufacturers face today. One small change in a delicately balanced system can have a profound knock-on effect. It's not easy stuff.
