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.
Dassault Falcon Jet announced a $60 million building and improvement project on May 29 that will expand its Little Rock, Ark., facility by 25%. Housed on 66 acres leased from the recently renamed the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport-Little Rock, the complex comprises a completion center and service facility that together total 1 million sq. ft. under roof, making it the French manufacturer's largest plant. Dassault employs nearly 2,000 people in Little Rock. The addition will add another 250,000 sq. ft. of space including a 300 ft. by 800 ft.
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) orchestrated another jobs rally, this one in Appleton, Wis., on May 30, as part of its continuing effort to build public and political support for the industry at a grass roots level. Gov. Scott Walker, U.S.
Odyssey Aeropsace. a VIP cabinetry specialist for Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Gulfstream business jets, reports that its facility in Denton, Texas, is in full production for a VVIP Boeing 747-8 interior. “It's the largest single program Odyssey's completed thus far,” says company President Trey Bryson.
