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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Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada's PW545D engine received Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) approval late last week, a key step toward service entry on Textron Aviation's Cessna Citation Ascend in 2025. The latest member in the 2,900- to 4,500-pound-thrust PW500 turbofan engine family, the PW545D incorporates an advanced mixer and offers improved efficiencies in the compressor and turbines, which the engine-maker said will reduce fuel burn and noise, as well as lower operating temperature.
As with some of its PW500 siblings, the PW545D will be equipped with Fadec, enabling the integration of autothrottle on the Ascend. The two-spool engine is designed with an enhanced three-stage compressor and is driven by a single-stage cooled high-pressure turbine module.
"As the latest derivative in the PW500 engine family, we look forward to the Ascend's entry into service," said Cedric Gauthier, v-p of sales and marketing for general aviation at Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada. "Certification was granted following 630 hours of engine testing, in addition to 230 hours of flight testing on the Ascend prototype test aircraft."
Pratt has produced more than 5,000 PW500 engines, with more than 4,600 PW500s remaining in service powering a range of Cessna jets, including the Citation Bravo, Excel, XLS, XLS+, Ultra Encore, and Encore+. The $16.7 million, 2,100-nm midsize Ascend is the next generation in the Excel line beyond the current-production XLS+.

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