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.
RUAG Aviation has completed its first EASy II flight deck upgrade on a Falcon 900EX at the company's Geneva, Switzerland facility. “The aviation team completed this integration in record time during a standard A/A+ check, significantly minimizing the impact on the customer's operating schedule,” said Bernd Heinrich, general manager of the Geneva facility.
Cirrus Aircraft is expanding its Grand Forks, N.D., facility to accommodate a new autoclave oven that will be used in manufacturing the Vision SF50 personal jet. Delivered in late June, the autoclave should be operational by mid-August and will cure the carbon fiber main spar of both the SR-2X series piston engine aircraft and the SF50. The autoclave pressurizes nitrogen gas up to 125 psi during the cure cycle, which more effectively compresses the composite part, enhancing its strength and durability properties. The oven has is an 8.5 ft .diameter, is 40 ft.
Jeppesen completed upgrades to its JetPlan flight-planning engine to enhance flight planning capabilities for business and commercial aviation operators within Europe. The European Route Availability Document (ERAD) and route optimization functions work to quickly comply with Eurocontrol routing requirements and determine flight plans that maximize efficient fuel consumption and flight scheduling. The JetPLan engine powers Jepp's flight planning solutions, including the JetPlanner application and FlitePlan Online tools. Jeppesen
