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.
AVIC International, which acquired Continental Motors from Teledyne in 2011, has now added bankrupt Thielert Aircraft Engines of Germany to its collection of general aviation businesses and is integrating their product lines. Going forward, Thielert's diesel power plants will be known as Continental Centurion engines, and Continental President Rhett Ross says the company could begin shipping units soon. Continental's product line will now include the Centurion 2.0 series of 135-hp and 155-hp Jet A engines, in addition to 4.0 series 350-hp engines.
Nextant Aerospace, Cleveland, appointed James Immke to vice president of Quality and Safety. He joined the company in 2010 and has over 20 years of quality and safety experience in highly regulated industries, including aerospace and defense.
B. Coleman Aviation will develop a new Chicago-based FBO and general aviation facility at Chicago-Gary International Airport. Features include more than 25,00 sq. ft. of terminal and hangar area, and a 12,500-sq.-ft. airside canopy large enough to provide year round shelter for a Gulfstream V or Bombardier Global Express aircraft. Completion is scheduled for spring 2014.
