Molly McMillin

Managing Editor, Business Aviation

Wichita, KS

Summary

Molly McMillin, a 25-year aviation journalist, is managing editor of business aviation for the Aviation Week Network and editor-in-chief of The Weekly of Business Aviation, an Aviation Week market intelligence report. 

Before joining Aviation Week, Molly spent nearly 20 years at the Wichita Eagle, Kansas’ largest newspaper, where she served as senior aviation/aerospace reporter.

Along the way, she has had some unique experiences, including a ride with the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds Demonstration Team, a parachute jump with the U.S. Army Golden Knights demonstration team and a ride in the back of an Air Force tanker watching a boom operator fuel a fighter jet. Her reporting has taken her across the world. Molly became a private pilot in 2011.

She has won multiple state and national journalism awards, including awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, Heart of America and the Kansas Press Association. She was the recipient of the 2013 National Business Aviation Association’s Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence and was featured in a book on Kansas called Ad Astra: 161 Adventurers, Astronauts, Discoverers, Explorers, Pilots, Pioneers and Scientists.

A graduate of Wichita State University, Molly was selected the 2014 Outstanding Alumni at WSU’s Elliott School of Communication.

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Articles

By Molly McMillin
Hartzell Propeller has been awarded a type certificate from the FAA for its new two-blade lightweight Bantam propeller for use with the Rotax 912 and

By Molly McMillin
JetTech , based in Littleton, Colorado, is amending its Garmin GTN autopilot, coupled with LPV FAA Supplemental Type Certificate, for the Citation 500

By Molly McMillin
Vision Systems, which supplies SPD-Smart Electronically Dimmable Windows for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), has expanded into the aftermarket, the company said. The company is working in Switzerland with RUAG Aviation, a supplier of aircraft systems and components for civil and military customers. Vision Systems’ Noctic brand of electronic dimmable windows are flying as an aftermarket product on a Dassault Falcon 900 jet. Vision Systems is a licensee of Research Frontiers.