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 Beech F33 was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of engine power during cruise when it was a short distance from William P. Hobby Airport, Texas. With the airplane still slipped up on it's nose due to the landing the FAA inspector who responded to the accident observed that the left fuel tank was empty and the right tank had "about an inch" of fuel in its tank. However, the pilot reported to the inspector that he visually checked the fuel before departing Houston and that both tanks were at the three-quarter level.
At 1709 EST, a flight attendant was seriously injured when a Challenger 600 maneuvered to avoid another airplane while on approach to Teterboro Airport, N.J. An FAA inspector reported that the accident airplane was descending through 3,000 feet on a northeasterly heading when the pilots received a resolution advisory from the airplane TCAS. The copilot was flying the airplane when the RA was issued and she did not initially respond to the advisory.
NAT Seattle and Satcom1 have teamed to provide an integrated airborne voice and data networking solution that combines NAT Seattle's JetLAN AR250 and Satcom1's Linux-based software into a single package. According to the company, the system is transparent to the installed satcom and can be used with existing Swift64 technology and the upcoming SwiftBroadband service without any changes.
