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.
Rockwell Collins recently introduced its Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) capable GPS-4000S. The new capability will be available in early 2007, according to the company. The GPS sensor and WAAS antenna will allow operators to use the GPS system without reliance on other navigation equipment for en route operations and approach procedures authorized for WAAS, such as RNAV (GPS) charts.
The new edition of the Principles of Helicopter Flight by Walter J. Wagtendonk, has added discussion on the NOTAR system and strakes, as well as the frequently misunderstood principles of airspeed and high-altitude operations. There is a review quiz at the end of each chapter, and the book concludes with a multiple-choice practice exam to ensure readers have grasped the helicopter aerodynamics they have just studied. The book is 320 pages and available in soft cover. Price: $24.95 Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA)
At 2242 local time, a Beech C90A, French registration F-GVPD, was destroyed after impacting terrain during takeoff at La Veze Airport, Besancon, France. The pilot, copilot and two passengers, who were surgeons traveling to Amiens to collect an organ for transplant, were fatally injured. Local reports say that the aircraft clipped trees and crashed a short distance from the end of the runway and burst into flames.
