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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Rolls-Royce has completed capability testing on the use of 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on all of its in-production engine lines, the engine maker said Monday during the Dubai Airshow. The final test involved the BR710 business jet engine at its facility in Canada, following the completion of trials on the BR725 and the entire in-production Trent and Pearl lines.
The demonstrations, which involved a range of ground and flight tests to replicate in-service conditions, confirmed that the use of 100 percent SAF does not affect engine performance.
Rolls-Royce said the trials fulfill a commitment that it made in 2021 to demonstrate the ability to use 100 percent SAF in its product lines, at least from an engine technology standpoint.
“This is an important milestone, not just for Rolls-Royce, but also for the wider civil aerospace industry,” said Simon Burr, group director of engineering, technology, and safety for Rolls-Royce. “We hope the success of these tests provides a level of technical validation that supports those who seek to invest in the production of 100 percent SAF going forward.”
Along with the in-production line, Rolls-Royce had also ensured 100 percent SAF capability of its new-generation UltraFan engine demonstrator, the company also said. Testing began earlier this year with power gradually increasing. The demonstrator has now run on maximum power using 100 percent SAF. Rolls-Royce said the demonstrator performed in line with its expectations and provided “valuable learning and data, which our teams will now take away and continue to analyze.” It conducted the testing at the Rolls-Royce facility in Derby, UK.
Working with industry partners, Rolls-Royce is building on such tests with a demonstration transatlantic flight of a Trent 1000-powered Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner on 100 percent SAF.
Flight 100 represents a Virgin Atlantic-led consortium sponsored by the UK Department for Transport and also includes Boeing, the University of Sheffield, Imperial College London, and Rocky Mountain Institute. A return flight will be on jet-A fuel to prove the engine and aircraft can run on either.
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