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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King Schools co-owners and chairs John and Martha King, among those who awarded scholarships during WAI2022 in March, stressed the importance of fostering women’s careers in aviation and praised Women in Aviation International for its dedication to encouraging the future of female aviators.

 


“More people have been inspired and supported by Women in Aviation than any other aviation organization. That’s been a big change in the aviation community,” John King told AIN calling WAI his favorite organization in aviation.

 


He further praised the nearly $14.5 million in scholarships that have been awarded through the organization. “Those scholarships change people’s lives,” remarked John King. Martha King added, “A lot of people’s lives.”

 


And backing up that sentiment, they are regular sponsors of scholarships, presenting the 2022 Martha King Scholarship for Women Flight Instructors to Charnell Walls of Oklahoma. The scholarship is valued at more than $18,000, including $5,000 of financial assistance as well as lifetime access to the entire King Schools online course library of more than 85 courses. In describing the recipient, John King noted that Walls had sold her house to have the financial resources to pursue her passion.

 


In continuing this support, the Kings believe that drawing more women into aviation boosts safety. Over the past 50 years “the culture of aviation” has changed significantly, John King said, noting that the focus previously had centered on physical skills and the desire to be a “He-Man pilot.”

 


But he pointed to a U.S. Army study that has shown having just one woman in the flight deck improves the accident ratio “tremendously.” Martha King added it didn’t matter whether the woman was the captain or co-pilot, that presence still made a difference.

 


“It helps us improve the safety record,” he said.

Kings Underscore Need To Support Women Aviators

John and Martha King are regular scholarship providers at WAI's annual conference and this year awarded Charnell Wall with assistance valued at $18,000.

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