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.
Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACFT), Alexandria, Va., announced that William F. Haberstock, president and CEO of Million Air Aviation, was elected vice chairman for 2011. John Grillo, president of Executive Fliteways, was selected as the new treasurer. Aircraft Technical Publishers (ATP), Brisbane, Calif., has selected William Mermelstein as the company’s new vice president of sales and marketing for compliance and safety solutions.
Nosewheel for Beech 18s, by Volpar Aviation, Pacoima, Calif., will be sold in kit form. The mod moves the main landing gear 48 in. aft of original position. New nose assembly lengthens the fuselage 28 in. and cuts overall height to 100 in. The mod can be made without removing the wings or wing skin.
AAR Corp., Wood Dale, Ill., announced that Jeffrey Schloesser, former director of Army Aviation, has joined the company as president of its Aviation Worldwide Services (AWS) business unit, which provides airlift services and specialized aircraft modifications. ACSS, Phoenix, named Jean-Michel Clairis-Gauthier vice president of its Customer Group, responsible for sales, marketing and customer service. He joins the company from Thales Avionics, which along with L-3, is a stakeholder in the ACSS joint venture.
