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.
As of May, the number of turbine-powered U.S. business aircraft equipped with ADS-B rose to 73% of the fleet, or 13,174 aircraft, according to a report by FlightAware.
The FAA has issued multiple waivers allowing operators to fly parachute-equipped drones over people—flights normally banned because of the risk to bystanders.
The Italian government hopes a federal money transfusion will help bring ailing Piaggio Aerospace back to financial health, or at least extend its life.