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.
Having introduced the first high-end synthetic vision system for fixed-wing aircraft, Honeywell last week took the wraps off the technology it is developing for helicopters.
Aviation leasing tycoon Domhnal Slattery yesterday launched the Embraer Phenom small business jet program in Europe with an order for 50 firm and 50 optioned orders for a mix of the six- and nine-seat light jets.
Four years ago Italy's Aeronavali took a deep breath and decided to place the biggest bet in the company's history: a $120 million investment that would link it inextricably with Boeing as the world's sole cargo conversion shop for 767 airliners and as a partner in the aircraft's future as a tanker.
