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

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GKN Aerospace’s joint venture in Bangalore, India, Fokker Elmo Sasmos Interconnection Systems Ltd (FE-SIL), was selected to provide electrical wiring interconnection systems (EWIS) for the Pilatus PC-24. The contract expands on existing business between FE-SIL and Pilatus that has included wiring systems for the Swiss OEM's PC-21 and PC-7 MkII models.

 


More than 30 PC-24s are currently operating around the world, including three used for medevac missions for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Pilatus expects to deliver about 40 PC-24s this year, increasing production to 50 in 2020.

 


GKN anticipates dedicating 30 workers to the PC-24 EWIS, gradually increasing the number as it ramps up the program.

 


“We’ve been producing EWIS at FE-SIL in India for Pilatus aircraft since 2015, and thanks to the team’s continued commitment to quality, on-time delivery and customer focus, we have strengthened our business relationship for many more years to come,” said John Pritchard, CEO of GKN Aerospace ASEA.

GKN India JV Wins PC-24 Wiring Contract

The contract expands on business between FE-SIL and Pilatus that has included wiring systems for the PC-21 and PC-7 MkII.

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