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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Aviation ground support equipment and repair services provider Carolina GSE is expanding its workforce, along with its shipping and distribution center in New Bern, North Carolina, with the help of a state grant program. The recipient of one of 17 grants awarded under a North Carolina Department of Commerce Building Reuse Program, Carolina GSE also is&nbsp;receiving support from both the Craven County Economic Development department and the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina.

 


Plans call for Carolina GSE to double the size of its shipping and distribution center to 40,000 sq ft, creating space for maintenance and shipping of aviation equipment, additional inventory, and storage capacity, and the installation of powder coat and blasting booth equipment. Tarheel Building Systems in New Bern is designing and building the expansion.

 


Carolina GSE further committed to adding&nbsp;28 new jobs as part of the expansion, including service technicians, inventory and shipping personnel field service technicians, information technology personnel, and powder coat technicians. “This is a milestone moment in Carolina GSE’s 20-year history of supporting the aviation industry,” said Carolina GSE president John Werner.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Carolina GSE To Double Warehouse Space, Increase Staff

Carolina GSE is adding 28 jobs and 20,000 sq ft to its shipping and distribution center for a total of 40,000 sq ft.

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

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