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.
— At about 1500 EST, a Piper PA-18-150 (N2424A), registered to Flightline Group, Inc., collided with a vehicle during takeoff from Ayavalla Airstrip (a private airstrip), near Tallahassee, Fla. It was VFR and there was no flight plan filed for the local flight. The airplane was substantially damaged and the commercial-certificated pilot and one passenger in the airplane were not injured while the two occupants of the vehicle were killed. The flight was originating at the time of the accident.
— At approximately 1115 MST, a Cirrus SR22 (N486CD) registered to and operated by Vector Resources LLC, Denver, was substantially damaged during an attempted go-around at Bob Adams Field (SBS), Steamboat Springs, Colo. It was VFR at the time of the accident and a flight plan had been filed. The pilot and two passengers were not injured, but one passenger did receive minor injuries. The cross-country flight originated from Centennial Airport (APA), Englewood, Colo., at about 1015, and was en route to SBS. The pilot said he landed on Runway 32.
— An airline transport rated pilot was making a personal cross-country flight in a Beech 65-A90-1 (N418SP). He said when he arrived at the destination airport in Soldotna, Alaska, there was three to four inches of new snow, and that the overcast and low light condition made everything look gray. He said the VASI lights were inoperative, and the appropriate NOTAM) was issued. The pilot said he turned on the runway lights, identified what he thought was the runway surface, and lined up the runway edge lights on his left.
