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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Sonnie Bates, a leading expert in business aviation safety initiatives, has stepped in as CEO at Wyvern. Bates succeeds Art Dawley at the industry audit and risk management specialist. Dawley has left the company.

 


Bates has a more-than-30-year aviation background that spans the U.S. Air Force, industry, and associations. He previously was vice president and COO for aviation consultancy Baldwin Aviation and before that spent six years at the International Business Aviation Council, including two years as director of the International Standards for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) program.

 


Additionally, he has managed his own firm, Corporate Aviation Solutions, which specializes in IS-BAO, safety management system, and certified aviation manager preparation, along with other aviation professional development and training programs. Bates’s career also has included time as a captain on long-range business jets for corporate flight departments. He further has held key roles with CAE, where he developed the pilot training program for the Falcon 7X and was the program manager for Dassault Falcon products.

 


Bates, Wyvern said, “has earned a sterling reputation for his professionalism and integrity; and the board is confident that he will take Wyvern to the next level and accelerate the introduction of safety and risk management innovations for manned and unmanned flight organizations across the globe.”

Sonnie Bates Joins Wyvern as CEO

Bates has a more than 30-year aviation background that has included a number of key business aviation safety roles.

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