Bill Bristow

William Morrison Bristow was an Australian aviator and former advertising executive.

He is best known for establishing Australia's Angel Flight service in 2003.

Life and career Early life Bristow was born in Sydney where he was raised. He attended Barker College and then studied psychology at the University of Sydney. Hansen Rubensohn was taken over by American company McCann Erickson in 1959. By 2019, Angel Flight was operating with 3000 pilots and 4000 drivers, and had recorded 47,000 flights having carried 100,000 passengers.

Awards He won the Queensland category in the Australian of the Year Awards in 2005, becoming a finalist in the national Australian of the Year Awards which was won by Western Australia's Fiona Wood.

In 2006, the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators awarded Bristow the Australian Bicentennial Cup.

Also in 2009, Bristow was named as a Queensland Great.