William Garvey
October 17, 2025

Aloft AeroArchitects hangar

Aloft AeroArchitects’ campus at Delaware Coastal Airport in Georgetown, Delaware.

Credit: Aloft AeroArchitects

The concept that more fuel delivers more range is obvious, but delivering on it can require engineering ingenuity. And while transoceanic narrowbody transports exist today, they did not five decades ago. That is when Harvey Patrick, an enterprising engineer with experience at Pratt & Whitney and…

William Garvey

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.

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