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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Gulfstream Aerospace remains on pace for G500 certification and delivery this year with five test aircraft now flying, including its fully outfitted testbed. Those aircraft have collectively accumulated 2,600 hours in more than 600 flights, Gulfstream said.


“Development testing is complete; company testing is well under way, and FAA certification has started, putting us right on track for certification and customer deliveries later this year,” said Gulfstream president Mark Burns. “The maturity, discipline and rigor of our program give us great confidence as we look forward to our first delivery.”


The latest update follows <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2016-10-26/gulfstream-deliveries-drop-during-production-transition">the announcement last fall</a> that the company was accelerating the time frame of the G500 from original plans for entry into service in 2018.


One of the more recent milestones involved a flight with members of Gulfstream’s Advanced Technology Customer Advisory Team (ATCAT) aboard the fully outfitted production aircraft. “The feedback during and after these flights was extremely positive,” Burns said, noting that the customers highlighted the added flexibility of the cabin, the comfort of newly designed seats and enhanced satellite communications.


“The flight was a ‘career’ moment for me,” said Peter Zeeb, who has been involved in the ATCAT program for six years and is director of maintenance for Oregon-based Ochoco Administrative Services, which operates three Gulfstream aircraft. The outfitted G500 has flown more than 180 hours since its first flight on August 5.


The first flight-test aircraft alone has surpassed 1,000 flight hours, achieving a maximum speed of Mach 0.995 and a maximum altitude of 53,000 feet. The G500 can fly 5,000 nm at Mach 0.85 or 3,800 nm at Mach 0.90.


Another recent milestone included <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2017-03-15/us-faa-gives-nod-g500-g600-pwc-engines">U.S. FAA certification</a> of the Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW814GA engines that power the G500.

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