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 General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is planning to hold its next jobs rally on April 6 in Olathe, Kansas, to highlight the contributions of the general aviation industry to the Kansas and U.S. economies. The rally, to be held at Garmin International's Warehouse and Distribution Center, will feature a slate of government and industry leaders, who will discuss the industry’s economic contributions; commitment to investment in products, the future workforce, and community; and promotion of science, technology, engineering, and math education.

 


Along with GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce, participants include Kansas Republican Senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), Kansas Lieutenant Gov. Tracey Mann, and Olathe Mayor Michael Copeland. Both Garmin International president and CEO Cliff Pemble and Garmin Aviation managing director and executive v-p Phil Straub are scheduled to speak, as are Bombardier Business Aircraft president David Coleal, Textron Aviation executive Doug May, and Yingling Aviation CEO Lynn Nichols.

 


The event will be the 16th rally that GAMA has hosted over the past decade. GAMA held the first jobs rally during the height of the industry downturn in 2009 in Arkansas. Since then, thousands have attended the rallies across the U.S., as industry leaders have tried to foster local and government support for general aviation manufacturing and the larger industry. The most recent rally was held in June 2016 in Battle Creek, Michigan.

GAMA To Stage Next Rally at Garmin's Olathe Facility

The rally will be GAMA's 16th event held since 2009 as the industry has sought to educate the local community and government leaders on the industry.

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