William Garvey

Former Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation

Charleston, South Carolina

Summary

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.

Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.

Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.

An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.

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Articles

William Garvey
Victoria, Canada-based Viking Air Announced that delivery of its first Series 400 Twin Otter is imminent and that the company’s backlog is about $200 million. Viking, which recently opened a new 84,000-sq.‑ft. facility to support expansion, bought the type certificate for the out-of-production DHC-6 in 2007.

William Garvey
Howard Levy, a well regarded aviation photographer of long standing whose aircraft images were published in magazines, books and newspapers the world over, died Jan. 29 at the age of 88. A graveside service was scheduled last week in Freehold, N.J.

Kerry Lynch, William Garvey, James Swickard
The threat of aviation user fees seems to be dead “at least for this term of Congress,” and National Business Aviation Association President Ed Bolen is hopeful that FAA’s reauthorization bill could advance within the next “four to eight weeks.” That the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget proposal contained no mention of user fees to help fund the FAA was a “milestone” event, Bolen said.
William Garvey