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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Lawmakers in the House and Senate yesterday introduced companion bills to pave the way for the return of supersonic operations. House aviation subcommittee chair Troy Nehls (R-Texas) and Senate Commerce Committee member Ted Budd (R-North Carolina) introduced the Supersonic Aviation Modernization (SAM) Act in their respective chambers, calling on the FAA to issue or revise regulations within one year to permit operations at speeds of Mach 1 or more over land in the U.S. without special authorizations as long as no sonic boom reaches the ground.
Co-sponsoring the bills are Rep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas) in the House and Sens. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) in the upper chamber.
Current laws prohibit civil supersonic flight over land, but the lawmakers noted that American companies are developing quiet technologies to address the sonic boom noise concerns. 
“The United States is home to many ground-breaking innovations and should welcome these innovations so long as public safety isn’t threatened,” Nehls said. “Our nation’s laws and regulations should encourage these innovations and uplift companies that are leading in industries, including the aviation industry. My legislation cuts regulatory red tape without minimizing safety, and incentivizes further innovation in the aviation industry, helping America remain competitive and the envy of the world.”
Budd, meanwhile, added that “stakes could not be higher” with the U.S. and China striving to resurrect supersonic flight. “To maintain our global leadership in aerospace innovation, we must modernize air travel by lifting the outdated ban on civil supersonic flight,” he said. “The Supersonic Aviation Modernization Act paves the way to lift decades-old restrictions, allowing for faster air travel. This is a critical step to ensure America leads the next era of aviation.”
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, offering support for the bill, agreed: “The world is in a race to develop revolutionary transportation technologies, and this commonsense approach fosters an environment where supersonic technology can thrive while maintaining the highest levels of safety.”
Boom Supersonic founder and CEO Blake Scholl also offered support for the bills, emphasizing the belief that supersonic flight without an audible sonic boom should be allowed. “The ban on supersonic has held back progress for more than half a century,” Scholl said.

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