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.
CAVU's EFB-Pro for the iPhone and iPad has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for its fleet of C21A (Lear Jet 35A) aircraft. The program allows the pilot to select the aircraft from a pull-down list and then toggle the appropriate configuration. All the weight and balance information is automatically set and integrated directly into the performance calculations. Although an internet connection is not required, if one is available, current weather integrated directly into the calculations by selected from the worldwide database of airports installed in the device.
FlightSafety International announced that its new Level D qualified AgustaWestland AW139 simulator will feature the company's latest advanced including a 220 deg. by 60 deg. field-of-view glass mirror display. The simulator's VITAL X visual system is optimized for training low-level flight operations, offers increased scene content, improved weather features and enhanced levels of detail for optimum cueing. It will also feature Honeywell's EPIC avionics suite that integrates a 4-axis digital AFCS with the rotor systems to provide complete autopilot functionality.
Universal Avionics Systems Corp. and Air Training International Ltd. (ATI) are partnering to provide Future Air Navigation System (FANS) operational training for the UniLink UL-800/801 Airborne Datalink System. “ATI's experts are skilled in providing a tailored curriculum that will be of exceptional benefit to FANS operators,” said Dan Reida, Universal's vice president of Sales, Marketing and Support. Upcoming mandates have prompted increased interest in Universals UniLink among operators in regions affected, specifically in the North Atlantic.
