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 2145 CST, Sky North Air Flight 683, a Beech A100 King Air (C-FSNA), collided with trees and terrain shortly after takeoff from God’s Lake Narrows Airport (CYGO), Manitoba, Canada. The air ambulance flight was en route to Thompson Municipal Airport (CYTH), Thompson, Manitoba. The aircraft was destroyed during a post-impact fire. The three crewmembers and two passengers sustained minor injuries. It was night VFR when the accident occurred.
CoGoJets has created a new online, member-based, social networking Web site for business and leisure air travelers to coordinate their itineraries and have the advantage of private jet travel — one seat at a time. Members can negotiate their flight date, time and seats with other members and then collectively book a private jet together and split the expenses based on their pro rata share for the seats they occupy. CoGoJets was offering founding memberships for $500 (an 80-percent discount off the annual membership fee of $2,500).
Reader Plates LLC now offers downloadable FAA/NACO terminal approach procedures formatted for exceptional readability and ease of use on electronic book readers. With Reader Plates a pilot can carry every FAA/NACO arrival, departure and approach plate for every airport in the United States in a portable electronic book reader for $299. The plates are specifically formatted for use on the Sony PRS-505, which provides a high-resolution sunlight-readable screen.
