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). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Membership in the Experimental Aircraft Association now exceeds&nbsp;250,000, a record for the organization that was established in 1953 to represent recreational aviation.

 


“EAA’s founder, Paul Poberezny, created a culture nearly 70 years ago where anyone who wished to enjoy the freedom of flight was welcome to participate, and our mission of growing participation in aviation has thrived under that vision,” said EAA chairman and CEO Jack Pelton. “The dedication of EAA’s members, chapters, and staff have made it possible to grow the organization to new levels.”

 


The group has seen its membership increase 25 percent over the past five years, including through the pandemic when some&nbsp;people turned to flight training and aircraft building. Numbers of&nbsp;individual and lifetime members reached new highs during that period, EAA said, adding that this growth came as EAA and its chapter network worked to expand its services and programming, as well as to entice more youth into aviation. EAA now has 900 local chapters.

 


This growth also comes as the association's&nbsp;annual AirVenture&nbsp;in Oshkosh fly-in came roaring back this year, with attendance surpassing 600,000 for only the third time in its&nbsp;history and some 10,000 aircraft arriving&nbsp;for the event.

 


“General aviation has grown increasingly complex over the past 70 years, but EAA’s goal has been to find ways to break down the hurdles in as many places as&nbsp;possible to nurture that dream that has been always been a part of human imagination—the desire to fly,” Pelton said.

EAA Membership Surpasses 250,000 Mark

Approaching its 70th anniversary, EAA has seen its membership grow by 25 percent over the past five years, surpassing the 250,000 mark.

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