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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NBAA recently marked the passing of its former vice president of operations and retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Robert Cooke, who died on March 10 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cooke served with NBAA from 1973 to 1987, providing analysis and representing members on flight safety issues and federal aviation regulations.

 


Born in Schenectady, New York, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1952 and became a naval aviator and navigator of the attack aircraft carrier USS Constellation in 1970 to 1971. After retiring from the Navy, he joined NBAA, where he worked on safety issues with the FAA, lawmakers, airport management organizations, and other entities on behalf of members. Cooke concluded his career as a consultant to the Flight Safety Foundation.

 


A commercial pilot, he was involved with a number of organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), National Aeronautic&nbsp;Association, Washington Aero Club, and U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association. He is survived by his wife, Marcia; children Meredith McCollum, Robin Wilson, and Robert Cooke Jr.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Former NBAA VP Cooke Passes Away

He steered safety issues for the association from 1973-1987.

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