Harry Weisberger
Contributor
Since 1986 Harry Weisberger has been a contributor to Aviation International News and a regular member of its HAI and NBAA convention news editorial staff. He was previously a marketing communications specialist for Sperry Flight Systems in Phoenix, providing information involving the general aviation, airline, defense and space market segments. His aviation journalism activity has also included writing and editing for Flight Training, Business Aviation Safety Journal, Private Pilot and Arizona Flyways (for whom he interviewed Barry Goldwater and Paul Tibbets. He has also contributed to Smithsonian Air & Space and Aero magazines. He served 5-1/2 years on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a radar intercept officer in F4 Phantom jet fighters, followed by Naval Air Reserve duty as a patrol plane navigator. Weisberger’s journalism career began at the Santa Ana Register (now Orange County Register) where he was a beat reporter and copy desk editor. He holds a commercial pilot license with instrument rating, has logged 1,980 pilot hours and has owned or been a partner in five general aviation aircraft.
Latest from Harry Weisberger
Training and Workforce
SimPro USA looks to change ‘Sin City’ into a ‘Sim City’
A recent indicator of the business climate malaise that California’s new governor has vowed to reverse is the move of flight simulator facility operator Si
Safety
Airbags going airborne, without the hot air
Contrary to a popular misconception, most aircraft accidents are survivable.
Rolls-Royce sees 15K helos by 2016
Rolls-Royce projects deliveries of 15,038 new helicopters between now and 2016, worth an estimated $144 billion, plus another $15 billion for engines
Regulations and Government
‘Sunset’ rule stymied early aerial assault on Cedar Fire
A rule requiring firefighting aircraft to land a half-hour before sunset may have allowed a controllable blaze to become a huge, deadly conflagration.
Max-Viz imaging STC'd on more helos
Max-Viz, has expanded the list of helicopters on which its EVS-1000 thermal imaging system has been certified since Heli-Expo 2006, announcing the addition
Honeywell preps small t-shaft as ‘game changer’
Honeywell’s small heavy fuel engine (SHFE), in development since 2003, “will change the game for turboshaft engines in the future,” predicted Ron Rich, the
SkyTrac lands big fleet order
SkyTrac Systems yesterday announced receipt of an order for 100 shipsets (plus options) of its satellite-based SkyWeb automatic flight-following and commun
Rolls-Royce’s RR300 engine to power new helicopter class
Rolls-Royce yesterday formally introduced the cat that Frank Robinson let out of the bag on Thursday, the Model 300 turboshaft engine that will power Robin
Honeywell launches study of helo SVS technology
Honeywell has been exploring synthetic-vision system (SVS) technology for the helicopter cockpit, but the display concept will bear little resemblanc
P&WC to power Eurocopter’s EC 175
Pratt & Whitney Canada has won the contract to power Eurocopter’s EC 175, a new 6.7-metric-ton helicopter that will fill the gap between the EC 155 Dau
Dallas Airmotive expanding Rolls Model 250 MRO work
Responding to increased demand for Rolls-Royce Model 250 turbine engine overhaul and repair, Dallas Airmotive has expanded its services and added a pair of
Getting to HAI, flying was the easy part (mostly)
Unlike previous HAI Conventions, the fly-in of display aircraft for Heli-Expo’05 was anything but routine as pilots of incoming helos had to contend with n
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
The inside track on acquisition planning
With so many choices available to companies and individuals contemplating alternatives to airline travel, what’s a business owner or prospective flight dep
Regulations and Government
Working group to address Grand Canyon noise issue
In 1987 the National Parks Overflights Act mandated substantial restoration of “natural quiet” at Grand Canyon National Park.
Avionics
Handheld navcoms offer low-cost backup solution
With the triple- and sometimes quadruple-redundant electrical systems in the most modern business jets, carrying a backup battery-powered handheld radio or
Avionics
Securaplane developing near-wireless flight-control system
Securaplane, a small company nestled in the Catalina Mountain foothills north of Tucson, Ariz., is taking large steps toward the emergence of near-wireless
Aircraft
Eclipse delivers first customer Model 500
After an extended gestation period and months of uncertainty about first delivery, Eclipse Aviation delivered its first production very light jet (VLJ).
Avionics
EMS operators embrace NVGs and infrared sensing
Over the last six years, the North American aeromedical transport industry, particularly its helicopter EMS community, has become increasingly concerned ab
Eclipse wins Aviace suit
Eclipse Aviation has scored a first-round knockout in a lawsuit filed against it this September by PA Aviace, following U.S.
Avionics
Iridium CEO says future liesin low-cost data transmission
Just three weeks into his new job as CEO of Iridium Satellite, Matthew Desch is here in Orlando with a message.
Avionics
Starling shows off its MiniMiJet antenna
Starling Communications’ MiniMiJet Ku-band low-profile top- mounted satcom antenna on display at Booth No.
Aircraft
Movers & Shakers: P&WC at forefront of VLJ revolution
From very large to very light jets about to crest the horizon, Pratt & Whitney Canada engines power some of business aviation’s most exciting designs.
Charter & Fractional
After a decade, Flexjet is firmly in the black
As recently as four years ago, some observers openly questioned whether Bombardier’s Flexjet fractional ownership operation would still be around in 2006.
Engines
10K engines the new hot topic
For the last few years, much of the buzz in the turbine engine world has focused on the new small powerplants from Pratt & Whitney Canada, Williams and the
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Thrane & Thrane demos broadband unit
Dassault and satcom hardware manufacturer Thrane & Thrane (Booth No.
Engines
PW617F Logs Phenom-enal First Flight
Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) has successfully completed the maiden flight of its PW617F engine, selected to power the Embraer Phenom 100 very light jet (VL
Avionics
CMC’s receiver supports WAAS technology
CMC Electronics is displaying its latest aviation GPS receiver here at the show, incorporating wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) technology.
