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.
The recent appointment of longtime independent aircraft acquisition and sales expert Mike Ellis as Hawker Beechcraft Corp.’s vice president of pre-owned aircraft has resulted in the designation of Steve Gade of Duncan Aviation as the new chairman of the board of the National Aircraft Resale Association (NARA).
Airliner of the ’80s? Using present rocket techniques, 30-passenger hypersonic transport separates from supersonic booster at 120,000 feet, accelerates to 15,000 mph and then, with the power off, glides to an airport 6,000 miles away in one hour. That’s what commercial air travel may look like in 20 years, according to Leston Faneui, Bell Aircraft board chairman — if the government backs development.
