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.
Little did Pilatus Aircraft realize the revolution it would cause when it first flew the single-turboprop Pilatus PC-12 in 1991, bringing a true utility capability to general aviation. Since then it has delivered over 1,350 of them around the world. Now it’s about to do it again with the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet.
