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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“VAPI represents a meaningful advancement in training innovation,” said David Penney, v-p of safety, courseware, and regulatory affairs for FlightSafety International. “By leveraging an immersive 3D environment, it offers pilots a more engaging and practical way to develop aircraft familiarity, strengthen inspection discipline, and better prepare for real-world operations.”
The global training provider is seeking similar sign-off for VAPI capabilities with its Gulfstream G280 and G650 and Dassault Falcon 8X training programs this year. Plans call to follow that with the Pilatus PC-12 and PC-24 and Gulfstream G700/G800 programs, among others.
VAPI is available at certain FlightSafety training centers for the Latitude, while it is available in all centers for Falcon 8X, G280, G500/G600, G650, Legacy 500/Praetor 600, PC-12, and PC-24 training.

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