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.
AirShares Elite, iFly and PlaneSmart! have formed the Professionally Managed Aircraft Association (PMAA). The new trade group will seek to establish a code of professional standards and conduct for this growing industry while promoting the benefits of this form of personal aircraft access. According to PMAA and AirShares Elite President David E. Lee, the association's primary objectives will be consumer protection and education. In addition to Lee, association officers include Secretary Jeffery A.
*July 16 -- At 0910 MDT, a Bell UH-1H was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain following a loss of control while departing a remote landing zone near Benchmark, Mont. The helicopter was under the operational control of the U.S. Forest Service and was to carry an external load in support of the Ahorn fire on the Bob Marshal Wilderness area in the Lewis and Clark National Forest. After delivering supplies at Benchmark, the ground crew attached a load of firefighting equipment.
Timberland PRO has introduced the Thermal Force work boot with an innovative heat retention system that offers a traditional work silhouette combined with new technologies designed to insulate critical areas. Features of the new boot include an aerogel insulated toe cap, 3M Thinsulate zone insulation and Timberland PRO Cold Formula Ice Trax rubber outsole. In the steel toe version, the toe-cap area is coated with a ceramic-based material to add a primary layer of insulation.
