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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“Brian Barents exemplifies the leadership, expertise, and commitment to advancing the aviation industry that is fundamental to the Wichita Aero Club Trophy,” said Ashley Bowen Cook, WAC trophy committee chair and Greteman Group president. “His decades of military service and corporate leadership span executive roles, strategic leadership, and impactful contributions that have strengthened Wichita’s position in the global aerospace community.”
Recognized as a “Living Legend in Aviation,” Barents has a career that traces back to 1965, when he graduated from Western Michigan University and entered the U.S. Air Force. He logged more than 6,700 hours flying fighter aircraft, including the F-100, F-105, F-4, and F-16.
On the civilian side, he held roles including senior v-p for Cessna Aircraft, where he helped propel the establishment of the Citation series, and Learjet, where he guided a near-bankrupt company into its most profitable days since it had been founded. He further led Galaxy Aerospace, helping negotiate its sale to General Dynamics, and was co-chairman and CEO of Aerion. Barents has served on the boards of numerous aviation companies and is a past chairman of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association.
The nomination calls Barents “a legend in the industry.”

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