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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The head of air charter operator Grande Aviation has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds and tax fraud in a case that stemmed from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General (DOT OIG). Michael Grande, who was president of the Knoxville, Tennessee operator, pleaded guilty on May 28 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Citing court records, the DOT OIG said Grande had defrauded the PSP, which was intended to provide assistance to air carriers during the pandemic. “He stole more than $400,000 intended for employee salaries and benefits,” the watchdog agency reported. “During the same period, Grande failed to pay $127,184 in trust fund taxes and other reemployment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.”
Grande Aviation, which has ceased operations, appeared to operate a fleet of four Bombardier business jets: three Learjet 45XRs and a Challenger 300.
The DOT OIG said it conducted the investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation unit.

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