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.
— About 1340 EDT, a Cirrus SR22 (N213CP) was substantially damaged after it deployed its Cirrus Airplane Parachute System (CAPS) shortly after takeoff from the Montgomery County Airpark (GAI), Gaithersburg, Md. The private pilot was not injured. It was IFR and a flight plan had been filed for the flight destined for the Battle Creek International Airport (AZO), Kalamazoo, Mich. The airplane departed Runway 32, a 4,202-foot-long, asphalt runway. The pilot reported that he noticed air leaking from the passenger side door immediately after takeoff.
— An amateur-built Stewart S51 (N551X) was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and terrain in a recreational vehicle park in Ocala, Fla. The pilot/owner, the sole occupant, was fatally injured.
— At about 1253 PST, a Cessna 172N (N726RJ) collided with the water about 40 nm west of Oceanside, Calif. Golden Wings Flying Club was operating the airplane under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot is presumed to have sustained fatal injuries; the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The local personal flight departed Montgomery Field, San Diego, about 1148. It was VFR and no flight plan had been filed.
