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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Kerry Lynch

Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA) is <a href="https://www.wca-intl.org/scholarship-opportunities/">accepting applications</a> through September 1 for 11 scholarships totaling more than $60,000 in value. The organization, which opened the application process this week, will announce the recipients on September 15 and then present the scholarships during its Scholarship &amp; Networking Luncheon to be held October 23 during NBAA’s annual convention in Las Vegas. Applicants must be members or join WCA by August 25.

 


This year’s scholarships and values are: CAPS Aviation FAR 135.331 crewmember emergency training and pilot emergency training (two offered, valued at $750 each); DaVinci Inflight Training Institute Elite five-day course ($4,775); Executive Jet Management training scholarship ($2,000); FlightSafety International Pilatus PC-12NG pilot training scholarship ($36,200); FlyGirl Sporty’s advanced pilot training scholarship ($3,100, plus lodging); Jetstream aviation law scholarship ($1,000); KAL Aviation Services maintenance technician training ($1,000); StandardAero maintenance technician scholarship ($3,000); Susan Friedenberg corporate flight attendant training ($4,200); Universal Weather &amp; Aviation dispatch scholarship ($3,695); and Women In Corporate Aviation career scholarship ($2,000).

WCA Opens Application Process for Fall Scholarships

WCA is offering 11 different scholarships valued at more than $60,000 that will be presented during NBAA's annual convention.

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