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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Kerry Lynch

Aircraft maintenance tracking firm Traxxall Technologies added a new office in Wichita. The move, which Traxxall said was driven by its expanding client base, follows the opening of an office in Jacksonville, Florida, late last year.


Established almost four years ago, the Montreal-based firm provides maintenance tracking and inventory management services to customers in some 20 countries, including locations such as South Africa, Morocco and China. Traxxall also has struck partnerships with UK-based RocketRoute and Rockwell Collins’s ArincDirect to expand its services and capabilities.


“Our continued growth has given us the opportunity to expand,” said Traxxall president Mark Steinbeck. “We targeted Wichita because it is the aviation capital—home to Beechcraft, Bombardier Learjet and Cessna, among others, and a rich community of talented aviation and maintenance tracking experts.” Steinbeck estimated the office would be home to 10&nbsp;to 15 new employees by the end of the year.


The office initially will be staffed by existing Traxxall employees and Wichita residents Jeff Rians and Robert Peterson. Joining them will be James Carter, a U.S. Air Force veteran who has 14 years of aviation experience; Christopher Mercer, who formerly was a logistics analyst with Boeing who served in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years; and Coby Smith, another U.S. Air Force veteran who spent 10 years at Cessna and most recently was a supervisor with Hawker Beechcraft.


In addition, Elija Stepp joined the firm. Stepp, who will be based in Las Vegas, has more than 35 years of industry experience, including with Satcom Direct and Camp Systems.


The company further has professionals in Dallas; Denver; Long Island, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Scottsdale, Arizona; and Philadelphia.

Traxxall Continues Expansion with New Wichita Office

The office followed the opening of a base in Jacksonville, Florida late last year.

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