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 XM Satellite Weather Upgrade package for Flight Display Systems' Moving Map is now available. According to Flight Display Systems, this is the only Moving Map passenger information system that can provide real-time NEXRAD weather conditions, updated every five minutes. Live weather information is overlaid on top of rich topographical maps with city names and state borders. Weather is color-coded to indicate storm level severity. Maps are dynamically drawn 50-, 500- and 5,000-miles wide relative to the aircraft's present position.
PolyMax Hangar Floor Coating System is designed to withstand heavy wheeled traffic, abrasion, impact and spillage of aviation fluids. The three-coat system offers a clear epoxy primer with adhesion to concrete, a high-build pigmented intermediate coat to aid in impact resistance and a chemical resistant urethane finish for excellent abrasion and stain resistance, light reflectivity and resistance to ultra-violet degradation from direct sunlight. Price: Contact manufacturer PolyMax/Milamar Coatings 12005 N. Virginia Ave.
An Atlantic Airways BAe-146-200A, chartered by Aker Kvaerner, crashed after it overran the runway at the Stord-Sorstokken Airport in Norway. There were 12 passengers and four crew members onboard. A post-crash fire resulted in four fatalities -- three passengers and one crewmember. A pilot who had landed another aircraft earlier reported the weather conditions as good.
