William Garvey, Editor-in-Chief of AVIATION WEEK's Business & Commercial Aviation, Receives NBAA Lifetime Achievement Award

Bill Garvey was appointed editor-in-chief of Business & Commercial Aviation in 2000, after serving as managing editor of AVIATION WEEK Television. He was subsequently named deputy managing editor for business aviation as well. Before joining McGraw-Hill, he was the top editor for Flying and Professional Pilot magazines and 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 served as host of "Aviator's World," a cable television series. During his stewardship at Business & Commercial Aviation, the monthly magazine has received dozens of awards for editorial excellence. Bill is an active pilot with a Commercial license; he also holds multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.

To view Bill Garvey's recent articles and videos, including news, analysis, videos, photos and blogs from NBAA 2009, visit http://aviationweek.com. For more information on NBAA, the event and the awards, visit http://www.nbaa.org/. Last year's NBAA Wing Award recipients included Business & Commercial Aviation magazine Contributing Editor Patrick Veillette and Mac McClellan of Flying magazine.

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