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

Kerry Lynch

The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) recently brought in record donations for its sixth annual food and toy drive. CABA, in partnership with the Colorado Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), delivered 10,000 pounds of goods to veterans and their families across Colorado. CABA used aircraft donated for the annual operation, which was carried out on December 11. CABA and VFW collected and transported the donations to Signature Flight Support at Centennial Airport outside Denver. The donations were then loaded onto aircraft destined for Burlington, Las Animas, Pueblo, Alamosa and Montrose.

 


The Precision Flight Team of Metropolitan State University of Denver participated in the airlift. Several business and private aircraft also were donated for the operation, including an AeroColorado Pilatus PC-12.

 


The drive has resulted in more than 23,000 pounds of food delivered to Colorado veterans over the past five years.

 


In addition to celebrating the record airlift, CABA this month honored long-time Jeppesen CEO Mark Van Tine, who recently retired. Van Tine was recognized during CABA’s annual holiday party, which is the organization’s primary fundraiser for the VFW drive and airlift. A number of industry leaders paid tribute and Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a proclamation in honor of Van Tine.

Colorado BIzav Airlift Delivers Record Goods to Vets

The Colorado Aviation Business Association used donated business and private aircraft to deliver 10,000 of donated goods throughout Colorado.

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