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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Kerry Lynch

The FAA is undertaking its largest solar project yet with the installation of enough panels at its Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to produce 2,600 megawatt hours annually.

 


Anticipated to reduce the FAA center’s bill by an estimated $170,000 to $200,000 per year, the solar farm will produce enough energy to power about 260 average homes, the agency said. “This project captures the area’s abundant sunshine, will save valuable taxpayer dollars, and will help build a more sustainable aviation system," said acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen.

 


The project is among several at the FAA’s Oklahoma City campus, the agency said, noting that 16 of its 24 certified sustainable buildings are located there.

 


In addition, the center has participated in two pilot programs involving electric vehicle charging stations, and it is collaborating with local university students on a study on means to better track energy use and reporting.

 


Along with Oklahoma City, the FAA has installed a 1,600-panel solar farm next to its Tucson, Arizona air traffic control tower.

FAA Bringing Solar Energy to Oklahoma City Center

The solar farm, FAA's largest such project yet, will product 2,600 megawatt hours annually at Oklahoma City, enough to power about 260 homes.

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