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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Quest Aircraft Company has selected another industry veteran, Robert Wells, to take the helm of the company as CEO.&nbsp; Wells succeeded Sam Hill, <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2016-12-14/sam-hill-retire-quest-aircraft">who retired from the role </a>after a 50-year career in the aviation industry. Hill will remain as an advisor to the company and member of the board of directors.


Wells, who stepped into his new role on January 15, brings more than 40 years of aviation experience to Quest. Most recently he spent 15 years with TAG Aviation, where he had become CEO of the holding company. Retiring from TAG in 2015, Wells remains as an advisor to the board of directors.


“I am very pleased that an individual of Rob’s caliber and talent will be leading Quest moving forward,” said Hill. “Rob’s tenure with TAG Aviation’s family of companies and his broad aviation management experience will be a true asset as Quest continues its worldwide growth.”


In addition to his time with TAG, Wells also served with Piedmont Hawthorne for 22 years and began his business aviation career with Beechcraft. He also has experience as an air-taxi pilot, flying in Southeast Alaska, and as a flight instructor.


“The Kodiak is a remarkably successful aircraft, and the company has come a long way in the last few years,” he said. “I am excited to be part of Quest’s next chapter.”&nbsp;

Former TAG Executive Wells Takes Helm of Quest Aircraft

Wells, a 40-year industry veteran, succeeds Sam Wells, who retired recently after a 50-year career in aviation.

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