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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Michael "Mike" O’Leary, a 50-year aviation veteran who had become the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) longest-serving chairman, died on February 14 from Covid-19 complications.&nbsp;He was 69. A celebration of life event is tentatively scheduled for September&nbsp;12 in Phoenix.

 


O’Leary, who had retired from Elliott Aviation in 2020, was born and raised on a farm in northwest Iowa. After graduating from Emmetsburg High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 and served two tours of duty in Vietnam as a torpedo man on the USS Towers destroyer, according to AEA.

 


After leaving the military, he earned his pilot’s license and A&amp;P mechanic license, beginning his career&nbsp;as an avionics installer. That launched a career that continued through his retirement and involved positions at a number of avionics and electronics companies.

 


During that time, he was active with AEA, serving on the board of directors from 1996 to 2009 and chairman from 2002 to 2009, the longest tenure in the organization’s history. He also had served as secretary and vice chairman for the association.

 


“He made countless special friends as his aviation career took him to many different cities—living and traveling extensively across the U.S.,” AEA said. “O’Leary was the consummate professional and was truly an expert in his field and a perfectionist when it came to his work.”

Obit: Michael O'Leary, AEA's Longest Serving Chairman

Michael O'Leary, who served as AEA chairman from 2002 to 2009, died at the age of 69 from Covid-19 complications.

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