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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The U.S. FAA is continuing to press Palm Beach County to lift its ban on small jets at Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA) in Lantana, Florida, giving the county one more month to comply. In a July 7 letter to county counsel, FAA airport compliance specialist Deandra Brooks warned that if the county fails to respond to its request on the jet ban by August 7, then her office will recommend a full investigation for compliance under Part 16. “A formal determination of noncompliance may result in the FAA withholding grants issued under the Airport Improvement Program,” Brooks said.

 


The letter was the third request from the FAA for the county to alter its restrictions on the longstanding ban on jets at LNA. The FAA submitted the initial request on March 17. That request followed an informal study and determination that permitting jet aircraft operations on Runway 9/27 would not affect safety or efficiency at LNA or surrounding airports. The agency requested that the county update its information to reflect the finding.

 


After finding the county had not yet taken action, the agency sent a second request for corrective action on May 26, asking the county to update its information by June 26. “To date, it does not appear the county has completed this corrective action,” Brooks noted in the most recent letter.

 


The county had responded after the first request that the FAA’s finding did not constitute a formal or final order and was not a formal directive. In regards to the FAA's latest request, the county told AIN, "We are working with the FAA on a response."

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