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 1550 Hawaiian Standard Time, a McDonnell Douglas Helicopter MD 900 (N902AF) sustained minor damage subsequent to the inflight separation of the lower right side vertical stabilizer while landing near Kona, Hawaii. The helicopter is registered to, and operated by Vulcan Aircraft, Inc. It was VFR at the time of the accident. The flight originated offshore at 1520 with a planned destination of Kona. According to a representative of the operator, the lower vertical stabilizer (inplate) separated from its support bracket as the helicopter was landing.
— About 1951 MST, a Beech 58P airplane (C-GGBT) was destroyed when it impacted terrain following a loss of control near Stonewall, Colo. The airplane was registered to and operated by Mauroil International Inc., of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Night VMC prevailed and an IFR flight plan was filed for the personal flight. The 178-nm cross-country flight originated from Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colo. (PUB) at 1918 with the Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF), Santa Fe, N. M., as the intended destination.
