Jessica is Executive Editor of Business & Commercial Aviation magazine. She started as Editor of ShowNews Online, Aviation Week's on-site trade show daily published at the Paris Air Show, NBAA Annual Convention, Singapore Air Show and at other significant aerospace gatherings.
Jessica has worked in television production and management consulting. While not yet a licensed pilot, Ms. Salerno has received flight instruction and has soloed.
Conklin & de Decker released the Aircraft Cost Evaluator 2013 Vol. 1 that delivers up-to-date benchmarking, operating and ownership cost data. The product addresses more than 550 business jets, turboprops, helicopters and piston aircraft. The new release includes seven more aircraft including the Citation Sovereign, the ATR 72-500 and 72-600, the Caravan 208EX, the Eurocopter AS365N+ and EC 145 T2 and the M20C Ranger. Each new version also contains updated fuel costs, maintenance parts and labor costs, and data necessary for SEC reporting.
Dassault Falcon Jet's Little Rock, Ark., completion center, which is already the largest facility operated by the French manufacturer, is about to get considerably larger. In late May, the company unveiled plans to add several large outfitting hangars, presumably to accommodate a new, not-so-secret model that is expected to be unveiled at this fall's NBAA convention. Current production model Falcons are manufactured in France, then flown in “green” condition to the completion center where optional avionics and custom interiors are installed, and the aircraft are painted.
King Schools has released a free online non-towered airport operations course designed to take customers through the paces of arrival and departure from airports without an operating control tower, and show customers how to use skillful communication together with situational awareness to help manage collision risk. “With the closing of towers at many airports, it is more critical than ever to brush up on non-towered operations. This course provides a wealth of pointers on issuing clear and professional communications,” said Martha King.
