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 is presenting its highest honor, the Meritorious Service to Aviation Award, to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla). Nelson, who will receive the award during the association’s 2016 Business Aviation Convention &amp; Exhibition next month in Orlando, Florida. The senator is being recognized for his “unwavering support for general aviation over the many years he has served in both the U.S. Senate and House,” NBAA said.

 


Nelson has served in the Senate since January 2001 and currently is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee. He also served in the U.S. House from 1979 to 1990 and the Florida state legislature from 1973 to 1978.

 


NBAA credits Nelson for remaining an outspoken advocate for business aviation during his time in Congress, including continually citing its economic importance to Florida and the nation.

 


Nelson in 2007 was instrumental in blocking a measure to impose new user fees and over the past year has continued to reject attempts to create a separate user-funded air traffic control organization. At the same time, he co-sponsored an FAA reauthorization bill and pushed forward a number of key aviation priorities, NBAA said.

 


“Sen. Nelson is a tireless champion for aviation and aerospace, especially general aviation,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “He understands and shares our concerns over proposals for privatizing ATC and funding it with user fees.”

 Sen. Nelson To Receive NBAA Meritorious Service Award 

The award, NBAA's highest honor, is recognizing Nelson for his "unwavering support for general aviation over...many years."

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