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 1845 CST, a Cessna 414, N41LP, owned by Bajaj Holdings LLC and piloted by a private pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain after departing Lloyd Stearman Field Airport (1K1), Benton, Kan. According to several witnesses, the airplane departed Runway 35 and was observed flying in and out of the clouds. It hit several trees and came to rest in the middle of a field. A post-impact fire ensured. It was night IFR and the aircraft was operating without a flight plan. The pilot and his passenger were fatally injured.
At about 1748 EST, a Cessna Citation 525, N102PT, crashed in a wooded area in West Gardiner, Maine. The private/instrument-rated pilot and one passenger received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. It was IFR at the time of the accident; a flight plan was filed for a flight from Augusta, Maine, to Lincoln, Neb. The flight originated from Augusta State Airport around 1745. The airplane was fueled and moved from the ramp into the FBO's hangar earlier that morning at the pilot's request.
Universal Avionics Systems has received an FAR Part 25 STC for the Universal WAAS-enabled FMS. LPV approaches, referred to as RNAV (GPS) LPV approaches on the approach chart, are the fastest growing type of GPS approaches in the United States. Currently 1,028 such approaches exist, and the FAA plans to add an additional 300 LPV approaches per year. The WAAS-FMS allows pilots to fly to ILS-like minimums at airports without an ILS approach or in inclement weather.
