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.
Aerostar Aircraft Corp. is flight-testing a pressurized model fitted with Pratt and Whitney Canada PW615F turbofans mounted under the wings. First flight occurred July 25 at Coeur d'Alene Airport, the company's Idaho headquarters. According to Jim Christy, Aerostar vice president, the aircraft has already achieved 380 KTAS at FL 280, and he expects an ultimate cruise in excess of 400 kt. He says the company is “proceeding with certification at the speed cash” and that outside investors are being sought. Some 500 pressurized Aerostars are in operation.
Meridian, Teterboro, N.J., announced that Emil Iannone has been named director of Operations. Iannone returns to the company after a 13-year absence during which time he was a senior vice president with an investment banking firm in New York.
RBR Maintenance, Inc., Dallas, now has a Mobile Maintenance Service Team that can respond to aircraft operators in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico with on-site, 24/7 service. The team can provide minor inspection, AOG service and light repairs. If the aircraft must be removed for repair, RBR can prepare the aircraft for a ferry flight back to its Dallas Love Field facility. The team consists of four fully trained technicians with extensive backgrounds with the Hawker, King Air and Citation product lines. RBR Maintenance, Inc.
