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.

Articles

By Molly McMillin
Jet Aviation Basel, based in Switzerland, recently developed a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Supplemental Type Certificate for its Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS II, version 7.1 upgrade. TCAS II provides vertical rate "Resolution Advisories" to pilots, informing them when and how to adjust their vertical speed in order to avoid collisions.

By Molly McMillin
A new four-story parking garage and connected rental car building are also nearly finished.

By Molly McMillin
The latest sales include one Airbus A350 full-flight simulator to China Airlines, two Boeing 737-800 simulators to Southwest Airlines, one simulator and training devices for a regional jet sold to an undisclosed customer in Asia, and one Boeing 737-900ER simulator to an undisclosed North American airline.