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.
Vref, the aircraft price guide for flight department, dealers and brokers, has enhanced its aircraft valuation software, Vref for Windows. With this updated version, pilots and aviation professionals can print out a decade of price history for every year and model of aircraft. The software is normally used to determine the current market value of general aviation and business airplanes. Users can now view a line graph that depicts the retail price history of each aircraft from 1995. Price: $49.95 (single-edition); $175.00 (one-year subscription)
While on final approach to Runway 9 near Ensenada Airport in Baja California Norte, Mexico, a Beech 35 was destroyed following a loss of control. Local authorities reported that the humanitarian flight collided with an assembly plant about two kilometers short of the landing threshold. A post-impact fire consumed the airplane and two parked automobiles. No injuries were reported on the ground, but the pilot and his two passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from Brown Field Municipal Airport near San Diego.
ARINC has teamed with MyAirplane.com and Netherlands-based iRex Technologies to produce the eFlyBook, a portable electronic device that can display electronic documents glare-free, even in direct sunlight, according the company. You will, however, need external lighting at night. It also supports stylus-based input to allow users to interact with documents. The eFlyBook holds all U.S. terminal procedures, en route charts, a complete airport facility directory, plus user-installed documents.
