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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James Welsch, Jr., former president and partner of aircraft broker Welsch Aviation, died January 20 after a short illness. He was 81. Welsch began his 54-year career in aviation&nbsp;in 1960, when he joined the firm that was founded by his father a little more than a decade earlier. Together, they were among the early pioneers in the corporate aircraft brokerage business, selling DC-3s, Convairs, Lockheed JetStars and eventually Gulfstreams. Over time, Welsch Aviation expanded to four offices across the U.S.


Welsch was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct. 12, 1935, and experienced his first airplane ride three months later when his father took him up in an open cockpit, single-engine biplane. After graduating from Hofstra University, he served in the U.S. Army. He joined his father’s firm at the end of his active duty and retired from the business in 2014.


Welsch is survived by Gail, his wife of 58 years; daughters Kristin and Leslie; and two grandchildren.

Business Aircraft Broker Pioneer James Welsch Dies

Welsch had a 54-year career in the industry, joining his father's aircraft brokerage in 1960.

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