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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Cessna Citation 560XL, Excel, XL, XLS, and Ascend

Kerry Lynch

Duncan Aviation has received commitments from three Citation Excel and Citation XLS operators for the Garmin G5000 flight deck upgrade program, the Lincoln, Nebraska-headquartered MRO provider said this week. Garmin has been working on the STC for the Excel/XLS G5000 upgrade,<a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2018-10-14/garmin-adds-g5000-upgrades-ads-b-g280"> last month announcing</a> it added a second jet to the development and flight-test program. Plans call for certification in early 2019.

 


Garmin, which brought a G5000-equipped XLS to NBAA BACE last month, sees a market for about 600 airplanes for the Excel/XLS program, with cost estimated to range from $500,000 to $550,000 per aircraft.

 


“With the support of valuable MRO partners like Duncan Aviation, the order backlog for the G5000 flight deck upgrade for the Citation Excel and XLS continues to grow,” said Carl Wolf, Garmin vice president of aviation sales and marketing. “Having the G5000-equipped Citation XLS flight-test vehicle on static display at NBAA in Orlando garnered exceptional customer interest.”

 


The upgrade involves a dual multi-sensor flight management system and three high-resolution, 14-inch, landscape-oriented flight displays with dual touchscreen controllers. It is designed to ease operation and pilot interface, with access to improved weather information synthetic vision, electronic flight charts, and aircraft synoptics. ADS-B Out and PBN/RNP 0.3 with LPV/APV approach capability are also included.

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Duncan Secures Commitments for G5000 Excel/XLS Upgrade

Garmin expects to obtain STC for the upgrade program in 2019.

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Panel participants included Boeing, Gulfstream Aerospace, and West Star Aviation

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