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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Textron Aviation is celebrating the rollout of the 500th Cessna Citation Latitude, a milestone reached about a decade after the aircraft entered service. A staple in fleets such as NetJets, the midsize aircraft became Textron Aviation’s fastest-selling business jet, reaching the 240th-delivery mark within five years of its August 2015 service entry and then following with the 400th production rollout by 2024. The airframer marked the milestone with production workers at its Wichita factory.
“The rollout of the 500th Citation Latitude is a testament to the employees who build this aircraft with dedication and pride every day,” said Eric Cardinali, senior v-p of manufacturing. “This milestone is only possible because of the skill of our workforce and the trust customers continue to place in our products.”
Introduced at the 2011 NBAA Convention, the midsize twinjet brought the first flat floor to the Citation lineup, as well as the first new cross-section in four decades. The twinjet can accommodate nine passengers, with a typical layout for seven to eight with club seating, and sports a 6-foot cabin height. It can fly 2,700 nm at high-speed cruise (446 ktas) with four passengers.

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