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.
Hartzell Propeller Inc., has received an STC to install a newly designed, two-blade 74-inch diameter, blended airfoil Top Prop conversion kit onto Mooney M20A-G and M20J models. The new design will deliver greater cruise performance at higher airspeeds, according to Hartzell. Flight tests with an M20F have confirmed an increase of two- to four-knots in normal cruise with a slightly longer takeoff roll that has been observed at about an extra 3 percent.
ACR Electronics' new MicroFix, a one-button activated, emergency signaling device, is 35 percent smaller and 25 percent lighter than its predecessor, the AeroFix, according to the company. The unit transmits on 406 MHz (COSPAS-SARSAT) with the users registered, unique, digitally coded distress signal, and 121.5 MHz (SAR homing frequency). Accuracy is 100 meters when GPS coordinates are present. The AeroFix weighs just 10 ounces, so it can be easily carried in a flight jacket or worn on a belt.
