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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NBAA has lined up U.S. Air Force combat veteran and former Thunderbird lead solo Michelle “Mace” Curran as the keynote speaker at the 2023 Schedulers &amp; Dispatchers Conference (SDC2023) scheduled for January 24 to 26 at Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

 


“We are honored to have Michelle join us at SDC2023 as keynote speaker. She is an inspiration to all of us and epitomizes the courage, skill, and values of our industry’s most illustrious aviators,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “I know attendees to SDC2023 will appreciate hearing Michelle’s perspectives and insights.”

 


An F-16 combat fighter pilot who flew missions in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Curran served as the only female pilot for the Thunderbirds demonstration squadron from 2019 to 2012. During her USAF career, she also was an F-16 instructor pilot ad flight commander at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas.

 


Following her retirement from the military, Curran founded Upside Down Dreams to inspire and empower people of all ages to overcome obstacles and fear of failure. She further volunteers at the Veterans’ Outdoor Advocacy Group.

Former Thunderbird Mace Curran To Keynote NBAA SDC2023

Curran, who served as the only female pilot for the Thunderbirds from 2019 to 2021, is the keynote speaker at NBAA's 2023 Schedulers and Dispatchers.

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