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.
Flight Display Systems introduced a combination 32-in. HD LCD and low-profile motorized lift (FD320LIFT-LP). Unique features are the large high-definition 1080p LCD and its small 23-in. height in the stowed position. Recently, these two products were installed on a Gulfstream G550; Gulfstream Appleton has confirmed that other Gulfstream models will support a similar installation in a standard cabin credenza.
July 28 — At 1342 MST, a Eurocopter AS350B3 (N509AM) rapidly descended and collided with terrain in an urban area of Tucson, Ariz. The helicopter was operated by Air Methods Corp., as LifeNet 12, on a repositioning flight. It was VFR and the crew had filed a company flight plan. The flight originated at Marana Regional Airport, Tucson, at 1332. Witnesses reported seeing the helicopter flying steadily in a southeast direction when it started to descend rapidly and enter a left turn.
Cameramen scramble to record the U.S. arrival of GE’s Caravelle. Posing with the airplane: Donald Douglas Jr., Sud’s Georges Hereil and GE’s Neil Burgess. The airplane will be fitted with GE’s CJ-805 engines. Sea Bee conversion has performance boost equivalent to a 40-hp increase, according to L.B Smith. Conversion does 112 mph KIAS at 2,500 ft., has spray rails and sells for $18,500.
