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.
— A Piper PA-46-500TP (N535JR), departed the runway during landing at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, Aspen, Colo. The airplane received substantial damage. The pilot and passenger were uninjured. An IFR flight plan was filed although it was VFR at the time of the accident. The pilot stated that he made a smooth landing on the main wheels and as soon as the nosewheel touched down the airplane began veering left and right uncontrollably. The airplane exited the right side of the runway about 2,000 feet from the approach end and hit a snowbank.
— At 1336 EST, a Piper PA34-200T (N8047C) was destroyed when it struck high-tension power lines and collided with terrain while maneuvering for landing at the Huntington Tri-State Airport (HTS), Huntington, W.Va. The private pilot, a student pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. IFR conditions prevailed,; however, no flight plan was filed for the flight, which departed Lake in the Hills Airport (3CK), Lake in the Hills, Ill., about 1000.According to a friend of the pilot, the purpose of the flight was to look at airplanes for sale at Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
— At approximately 1420 CST, a Robinson R22 (N226AP), piloted by a commercial-certificated flight instructor, and a North American T-6G (N51KT), piloted by a commercial pilot, collided in midair over Weiser Air Park, Houston. It was VFR at the time of the accident. The R22 was on an instructional flight and the T-6G was on a sightseeing flight. Both flights were being conducted without flight plans. The flight instructor and student pilot aboard the R22 sustained minor injuries, and the pilot and passenger aboard the T-6G were not injured.
