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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Business and general aviation advocates are lauding the FAA’s new rules governing the use of commercial small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for providing clear guidance and practical requirements for their safe integration. The FAA released the <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2016-06-21/faa-issues-part-107-final-regulation-commercial-drones">much anticipated rule</a>&nbsp;yesterday&nbsp;establishing a new Part 107 for UAS weighing less than 55 pounds.

 


Both NBAA and AOPA noted the final rule includes changes encouraged by the general aviation community, including lowering the maximum operating height for UAS to 400 feet agl. This provides a 100-foot buffer between the UAS maximum operating height and the minimum for manned aircraft, the associations noted.

 


“We commend the FAA for balancing the imperative to maintain safety for manned aircraft operating in the national airspace system [NAS] with the practical needs of this rapidly emerging industry,” said Bob Lamond, NBAA's director&nbsp;of air traffic services and infrastructure. “Overall, these regulations provide clearly defined operating parameters that commercial UAS users have sought for years.”

 


“Unmanned aircraft are an increasingly important part of the aviation universe, and we’re pleased that the FAA is taking steps to integrate them&nbsp;fully and safely&nbsp;into the national airspace system,” added Melissa Rudinger, AOPA vice president of government affairs.

 


Among other changes the groups pointed to was the classification of a UAS operator as a remote pilot-in-command and the means for operators with an existing, non-student Part 61 pilot certificate to meet the exam requirement through an online training course.

 


NBAA, however, expressed concern that the FAA still has not provided detail on the process for operators to obtain ATC permission when they plan to operate small UAS in Class B, C, D and E airspace. The FAA has said that this guidance will be available in the coming weeks.

 


“With the mixing of UAS and manned aircraft in the vicinity of airports, NBAA is very concerned that clear guidance for notification of UAS activity near airports is provided by the FAA as soon as possible,” Lamond added.

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