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.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) today is honoring three individuals in the business and general aviation community with its 2018 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Statesman of Aviation Award: Gulfstream Aerospace president Mark Burns, Business &amp; Commercial Aviation editor-in-chief William Garvey, and King Schools founders John and Martha King.

 


The Distinguished Statesman award, to be presented during the association’s Fall Awards Ceremony, honors “outstanding Americans who, by their efforts over an extended period of years, have made contributions of significant value to aeronautics and have reflected credit upon America and themselves.”

 


Burns, who also is vice president of General Dynamics, has served with the Savannah, Georgia&nbsp;manufacturer since 1983, beginning as a computer-aided design operator. Since that time he’s held numerous roles in engineering, product support, and customer support, becoming president in July 2015. He has played a key role in the G500 and G600 development and certification programs and has overseen the increase in sales and production of Gulfstream aircraft.

 


Garvey’s career has spanned numerous aviation publications, including as associate editor of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) magazine, editor of Professional Pilot magazine, and editor-in-chief of Flying magazine, in addition to his time as a senior editorial staff member at Reader’s Digest.&nbsp;He further has authored numerous books, including “The Age of Flight, and managed communications for FlightSafety International.

 


John and Martha King established King Schools in 1974 to expand the reach of aviation education through the use of multimedia and technology.&nbsp;Champions of risk-management practices, the Kings speak to thousands of pilots each year on aviation safety.

Gulfstream's Mark Burns Joins Slate of NAA Honors

The Distinguished Stateman Award will be presented to William Garvey and John and Martha King, along with Burns.

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