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). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Gulfstream has begun delivery of its ultra-long-range models with Satcom Direct’s Plane Simple Ku-band tail-mount terminal. The first G600 with the tail-mount connectivity system was handed over to a customer and other installations are underway, Satcom Direct reported. The company said Plane Simple terminals are also available through Gulfstream on the G650/650ER and G500.
Satcom Direct rolled out the Plane Simple Ku-band terminal to the aftermarket segment in February 2023 and the equipment is flying on more than 150 aircraft globally. Designed for the business aviation sector, the terminal provides critical cybersecurity protections and is agnostic to third-party integration. Satcom Direct also offers round-the-clock customer support.
“Our antennas are designed to protect the owners’ investment by delivering reliable, genuinely global coverage and are future-proofed to adapt to the evolving connectivity landscape,” said Satcom Direct president Chris Moore. “This represents another significant landmark in our Plane Simple journey as Gulfstream becomes the first OEM to include our hardware as an option.”
Satcom Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom datalink communications platform already is the default system aboard Gulfstream G650/650ER, G500, and G600 models, and it is operating aboard more than 3,000 airframes across several types.

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