Bill Cornick started flying in the U.S. Air Force in 1953.  After serving ten years in the military, he returned to civilian flying as a charter pilot, a flight instructor, and a corporate pilot.  Bill joined United Airlines as a flight instructor in 1965.  He has logged over 25,000 hours in the air and, until reaching his 60th birthday, Bill was a Captain on Boeing 757's and 767's.

Bill is a veteran air show performer and has thrilled crowds throughout the western United States for over twenty five years.  He is well known in the aerobatic world both as an outstanding air show performer and as a top Unlimited competition pilot.

Bill has been a National Judge for the International Aerobatic Club since 1979.  He is an "ACE" (Air Show Competency Evaluator) for the International Council of Air Shows, and is certified as a "Master CFI" and a "Master CFI-Aerobatics" by the National Association of Flight Instructors  and the International Aerobatic Club.  Bill has also been designated as a  "FAASTeam Representative" by the Federal Aviation Administration.