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.
Confident that it is weathering the recession and credit crisis, Piaggio Aero is continuing its commitment to expand in North America by adding three new service centers – Fort Lauderdale, Toronto and Montreal – to the Italian plane-maker’s service network.
Sept. 24 — At 1843 PDT, a Eurocopter AS350 B3 (N103LN) experienced a loss of tail rotor authority and landed hard on the hospital landing pad at St. Mary’s Helistop, Tucson, Ariz. The helicopter was operated by Air Methods. The airline transport pilot, flight nurse, medic and patient were not injured but the helicopter was substantially damaged. It was VFR at the time of the accident, and a company flight plan had been filed.
