Kerry Lynch
Editor, AIN monthly magazine
Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the Aviation International News monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with AIN for eight years. She joined AIN in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the Show News staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for Business & Commercial Aviation and Overhaul & Maintenance monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.
Latest from Kerry Lynch
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Garmin Marks First GFC 600 Autopilot Nod on a Bizjet
Now certified on the CitationJet, the GFC 600 digital autopilot provides capabilities such as autopilot-coupled VNAV descent and fully coupled go-around.
First ACJ TwoTwenty Fuselage Arrives in Mirabel
The ACJ TwoTwenty program stays on pace for 2023 service entry with the first fuselage arriving in Mirabel, Canada.
Argus Reports Dramatic Rebound in U.S., Europe Bizav Flights
Bizav flights were up 250.5 percent from April 2020 and slightly from 2019 in the U.S., while Europe marked a 153.9 percent improvement, Argus reported.
Regulations and Government
Senate Panels Approves AAM Working-group Bill
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a number of bills of note to aviation on May 12, including one calling for an AAM working group.
NBAA-BACE 2021 Showing Strong Early Response
NBAA is encouraged by early metrics for NBAA-BACE, including bookings for 90 percent of planned exhibit space.
Aircraft
Hermeus Lines Up HQ, Assembly Factory in Atlanta
After receiving agreements from the U.S. Air Force and NASA, Hermeus has secured a facility to be the site of assembly of hypersonic aircraft.
Safety
Collins Aerospace Building Ram Air Turbine Wind Tunnel
The company is expected to complete the $18 million facility in 2022.
Avionics
Collins Delivers Avionics for NASA's Supersonic X-59
Based on the Collins Proline Fusion, the X-59 avionics were designed to account for the aircraft's lack of forward-looking windows.
Regulations and Government
NBAA, GAMA Caution Treasury Dept on Bizav Privacy
NBAA and GAMA submitted joint comments to a Financial Crimes Enforcement Network proposal on reporting rules for LLCs.
Margrit Waltz To Mark 900th Ferry Flight in a TBM 940
Margit Waltz has ferried aircraft since 1976 and has reached the 900 milestone with the delivery of a Daher TBM 940 from France to the Muncie Aviation.
EBACE Connect To Feature Erik Lindbergh, OEM Leaders
Erik Lindbergh will be the first-day keynote, wile OEM leaders will participate in a town hall during EBACE Connect.
Regulations and Government
CDC OKs Covid Home Test Kits for Intl Flight Mandates
As requested by GA groups, the CDC has expanded its guidance to permit home test kits for passengers to meet international flight test requirements.
People in Aviation
James Elian is CEO in addition to president of AirSprint, while Nick Popovich takes the role of chairman at sage-popovich
Obituary: 'Nips' Offenberg Was Early Corporate Pilot
Nips Offenberg, who died April 28, began a flying career in 1951 with Kollsman but later spent 25 years flying for Great Lakes Carbon Corp..
NATA Names Industry Excellence Award Recipients
The association is presenting the awards to Diane Crews, Todd Shellnut, Ernest Felix, Betsy Santos-Torres, and Jessica Naor.
Safety
FSF Guidance Targets Runway Excursion Prevention
A global team of industry and government representatives developed FSF guidance with more than 100 recommendations to prevent runway execursions.
Aircraft
Bombardier Steps Up Global Jet Family Deliveries
While deliveries overall remained flat, Bombardier delivered seven more Globals and is seeing orders improve across its Challenger and Global lines.
Maintenance and Modifications
F/List Secures EASA Part 145 Approval for Upholstery Shop
EASA granted Part 145 approval for F/List's recently acquired upholstery facility in Erfurt, Germany.
Aircraft
Second Dassault Falcon 6X Joins Flight-test Campaign
With two flying Falcon 6x twinjets, Dassault expects to add a third fully completed copy to the flight program by this summer, on pace for a 2022 TC.
Aircraft
Bombardier Deliveries Flat but Revenues Up in Q1
Earnings increased, but the company faces a debtor complaint over the sale of non-core units.
Regulations and Government
State Dept. Moves To Ease Access for Aviation Activity
The U.S. State Department is providing exemptions to restrictions on entry from some regions for flights for training, aircraft delivery, or maintenance.
EAA Breaks Ground on Educational Center
The pilot training and youth education facility, next to the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, marks the first expansion of the site in 20 years.
Leaders Push for Equitable, Accessible Aviation Future
Passenger electric aviation is coming soon, but standards must be established to ensure a UAM network is equitable and intermodal, experts say.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Deliveries, Orders Soar in First Quarter
Gulfstream deliveries improved by five units to 28 in the first quarter, while orders outpaced shipments.
Aircraft
Phenom Demand Pushes Up Embraer Bizjet Shipments
Embraer delivered 13 executive jets in the first quarter, compared with nine a year earlier when rolling shutdowns were complicating shipments.
Former NTSB Member and FAA Official Robert Francis Dies
Robert Francis, who died on April 17, was involved in the ValuJet, and TWA 800 accident investigations while as an NTSB board member.
Rotorcraft
ASG: Dozens of Helicopters in Storage, Crates in China
China is still dominating sales of helicopter but more than 80 are in crates or in storage, raising concerns about the viability of the market, ASG said.
Talent Shortage Concerns Return with Bizav Industry Recovery
An NATA webinar focused on a surge in market growth in 2021 that is raising concerns over ability to ramp up with personnel, supplies.
Aircraft
Schwenk To Step Down as Pilatus Remains Steady
Pilatus's turnover matched and deliveries were five shy of 2019, but order book dipped in 2020,
Regulations and Government
NBAA Backs Measures for Permanent Bonus Depreciation
House and Senate companion bills would make permanent full immediate expensing, or bonus depreciation, for qualified equipment, including aircraft.
