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.
Dec. 25, 2009 — At about 1258 CST, a Bell 407 helicopter (N600CE) was substantially damaged during a hard landing after a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff from the Wise Regional Health System Helipad (XA57) in Decatur, Texas. The pilot and flight medic sustained serious injuries and the flight nurse received minor injuries. The helicopter was registered to and operated by Air Evac EMS Inc., of North Plains, Mo. It was VFR and a company flight plan was filed for the positioning flight.
King Schools and Redbird Flight Simulations are offering Redbird products through King Schools’ marketing, sales and distribution channels worldwide. Redbird offers a line of four simulators from a fixed desktop device up through its FMX/ci, which offers full-motion, panoramic vision and force-feedback controls. “Redbird has used the latest improvements in software and video graphics technology to deliver a realistic training environment that is within the financial reach of virtually every flight school,” said Martha King, co-chair of King Schools.
