Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;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&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;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, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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The FAA is temporarily suspending operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on July 4 to accommodate planned flyovers and fireworks, the agency announced. The White House is incorporating changes to this year’s July 4&nbsp;celebration to include a speech by President Trump at the Lincoln Memorial that will be accompanied by a military flyover. As a result of the flyover, operations will be halted at DCA from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., the FAA said.

 


Operations also will be affected from 9 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. for the fireworks demonstration, the agency added. Fireworks traditionally have been set off near the Lincoln Memorial&nbsp;but are moving to West Potomac Park—and closer to the DCA flight patterns—in light of the planned speech.

 


Aeromedical and emergency flights will be authorized as necessary, the agency said, adding operations at other nearby commercial airports, including Baltimore Washington International (BWI) and Washington Dulles International (IAD), will not be affected.

 


As it plans for the changes in this year’s celebrations in Washington, the agency also renewed its warnings against flying drones near fireworks or near airports, as well as against pointing lasers at aircraft. The FAA further reminded the general traveling public that fireworks are not permitted either in carry-on or checked baggage.

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