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.
An unregistered Air Trikes Tourist was destroyed when it impacted trees and terrain while maneuvering near Middlebury, Vt. It was VFR at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. Two witnesses watched the accident airplane as it maneuvered and performed several takeoffs and landings for about one hour. They reported that the airplane "was flying up to high altitudes and cutting the engine." The airplane would glide lower, the engine would restart and the process was repeated. They also watched the airplane perform several steep banks at a low altitude.
Labelmaster, a U.S.-based manufacturer of dangerous goods compliance products has repackaged is A.I.R. Shipper, Early 9 CFR, 49 CFR Government, RegStick and Compliance Network into affordable, convenient packages. The 2007 edition of A.I.R. Shipper contains important ICAO revisions. RegStick is a USB flash drive that holds the necessary information in a format that is easy to navigate for compliance with regulations for shipping dangerous goods.
According to witnesses, the pilot of a Beech 19A Sport obtained a weather briefing before departing Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport in Auburn, Ala., but no flight plan was filed -- it was IFR at the time. The aircraft, registered to Sid Hall Enterprises, Inc., was being flown by a private pilot on a personal flight to Murfreesboro, Tenn. When it didn't arrive, the FAA notified the Civil Air Patrol. The airplane and body of the pilot were located two days later on Burgess Peak in Talladega National Forest in Guntertown, Ala., at an elevation of 1,787 feet.
