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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Bombardier manufactures a variety of business aircraft models, provides engineering, and aircraft maintenance services.

Kerry Lynch

Bombardier’s Global 8000 has established its first speed record on a journey between Montreal and Nice, France, as it was transporting passengers to the Monaco F1 Grand Prix, the company reported today.
Completed in a little more than six hours, the record marks a milestone for the business jet that entered service in December and was certified with a Mach 0.95 Mmo, making it the fastest civil aircraft since Concorde. Bombardier president and CEO Éric Martel was on board the record flight.
The Global 8000 received Transport Canada approval in November, followed by an FAA and EASA nods in December and January. By the beginning of the year, it had replaced the Mach 0.925 Global 7500 on the production line. The predecessor model had set more than 150 of its own speed records.
In addition to speed, the Global 8000 extends the range by 200 nm over the original model to 8,000 nm. The Global 8000 is “setting the pace in the ultra-long-range class,” said Stephen McCullough, executive v-p of engineering, product development, and Bombardier Defense. “With this latest accomplishment, the Global 8000 continues to illustrate its industry-leading attributes.”

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Bombardier Global 8000 Business Jet Sets First Speed Record

Aircraft flew from Montreal to Nice, France, in just more than six hours

Bombardier’s Global 8000 flew from Montreal to Nice, France, in just more than six hours, establishing its first speed record.

Bombardier Global 8000 Sets First Speed Record

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