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.
Rosen Sunvisor Systems is offering its complete sunvisor line for commercial, corporate and general aviation aircraft. Rosen sunvisors achieve increased visibility through reductions in glare, UV light and heat from the sun. The company offers either a customized handcrafted Monorail or NSA design. The Monorail system contours to the aircraft's unique design and is integrated with a custom-shaped sunvisor mounted to a patented multi-axis clamping system allowing flexible travel along the monorail.
At about 1443 UCT, a Cirrus SR-22, Brazilian registration PR-AIO, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from Jacarepagua Airport (SBJT), Rio de Janeiro. The pilot and three passengers were killed. Preliminary information from the Brazilian government said that shortly after the airplane departed from Runway 20 its engine lost power. The SR-22 hit a building and exploded. Further investigation revealed that prior to the accident flight the airplane had been refueled with Jet-A instead of gasoline.
A Cessna 425 hit a runway sign while taxiing on an icy taxiway prior to takeoff at the airport in Cahokia, Ill. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions and that the airport issued NOTAMs indicating "poor braking condition" in effect and one-quarter inch of ice covering runways and taxiways. No one was injured.
