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.
Flight Display Systems is offering Ellipse TV, the first airborne satellite DirecTV system designed to work with a variety of airplanes including Gulfstreams, Challengers, Learjets, Hawkers, Pilatus aircraft and most turboprops, according to the company. The radome is mounted a minimum of 10 inches above the fuselage to permit free flow of air below the radome. This cuts down on lift and drag. The airflow is back to its original flow three inches after it passes the back of the radome.
The new Stanley-Proto Aerospace Ratchet has been engineered to satisfy the unique work requirements of aircraft maintenance technicians, according to the company. The ratchet can be used on different types of aircraft fasteners. Its head, or drive plug, includes a vertical through-hole where users can insert a hex key for the installation of frangible collars on threaded pins -- a common fastener system in airframe work. It also can be fitted with conventional sockets for use with hex head nuts and bolts.
