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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Duncan Aviation has developed a searchable database that compiles supplemental type certificates (STCs) it has developed and that&nbsp;are available for sale. Many of the STCs have not previously been offered for sale outside of Duncan. While others may be widely used in business aviation, prospective aircraft owners may not have been aware of their availability, the MRO said.

 


“We’ve been providing engineering and certification services for our customers for more than 30 years, and featuring our STC database on our website gives our customers an idea of the range of STC solutions we hold and now have made available for sale,” said Shawn Carraher, Duncan's manager of engineering and certification services business development.

 


The database is searchable by aircraft or STC category and can be narrowed according to make and model.&nbsp;The categories encompass ADS-B, broadband and Wi-Fi, FANS, interior, and Iridium, among many others.

 


Noting Duncan holds more than 500 STCs, Carraher said the posted list is not exhaustive. But, he added, customers can contact Duncan if they don’t see a specific STC they are seeking.

 


Since going live in recent weeks, the company already has received 20 requests for quotes on the STCs, including for those related to ADS-B, TCAS, FANS, and connectivity for Cessna Citations, Hawkers, and Bombardier Challengers, among others.

 


“We anticipate fielding a great deal of traffic from this site,” he said. “Since it has recently been made available outside the Duncan Aviation enterprise, our engineering and certification services have been in higher demand for a diverse group of projects.”

 


Carraher added the company has added capacity to its team in the past year, and the database will make that team and its services more accessible to customers worldwide.

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Many STCs in the database have not previously been offer for sale and customers may have not been aware of others in the listing.

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