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.
A Cessna 414 (N400CS), operated by Flight Source LLC, was destroyed with it hit terrain at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport (JST) in Johnstown, Pa. The fight was on an IFR flight plan between Morgantown Municipal-Walter L. Bill Hart Field (MGW), Morgantown, W.Va., and Teterboro Airport (TEB) in New Jersey. This was a positioning flight operated under FAR Part 91.
A Hawker 700A registered to Juventude Ltd. and operated by Blue Star Airlines landed gear-up at Fort Lauderdale/ Hollywood International Airport, Fla. The pilot-in-command who was flying the airplane reported the flight proceeded to the destination airport for a visual approach to Runway 9L. The checklist was read aloud by the copilot with no challenge response.
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