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

Heli-Expo 2011: Cool City Avionics Plans To Build Autopilots for Light Helicopters

Cool City Avionics wants to create a light helicopter autopilot market. Named after the Texas city near Mineral Wells where it is located, Cool City Avioni

Heli-Expo 2011: Sandel Helitaws To Add Wire Alerting

Sandel Avionics is demonstrating the wire-strike prevention feature it is adding to its HeliTaws terrain-avoidance system.

Heli-Expo 2011: Top Leadership Changes at Dart Helicopter Services

The leadership team at Dart Helicopter Services has changed.

Heli-Expo 2011: Bell Signs with Van Horn for Tail Rotor Blades

Bell Helicopter and Van Horn Aviation (Booth No.

Heli-Expo 2011: Unmanned K-Max Deploying to Afghanistan this Summer

Two Kaman K-Max Aerial Trucks configured for unmanned operation are being prepared for delivery this summer to meet the urgent resupply requirements of U.S

LAPD pursues radio upgrades

The Los Angeles Police Department is continuing an intensive avionics upgrade campaign for its air operation with selection of an airborne radio package fr

Heli-Expo 2011: FAA Drops Decertification Case Against Phoenix Heliparts

  The FAA has agreed to drop its decertification case against Phoenix Heliparts in return for the Mesa, Ariz., repair facility withdrawing its

Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Makes Its Helicopter Debut in Sikorsky S-61

The Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics suite, long a staple in fixed-wing aircraft, has made its first rotorcraft appearance, in a Sikorsky S-61 retrofi

Phoenix Firm Able To Offer Big Savings

Able Aerospace, a Phoenix-based specialist in overhaul and repair of rotorcraft parts and components, explained how PHI achieved significant savings using

AAR Airlift Adds Two Sikorsky S-92s to Its DOD Fleet

AAR Airlift, one of the largest providers of intra-theater transport for U.S.

Rockwell Collins Adds Sandel HeliTAWS for Its Helicopter Avionics Systems

Sandel Avionics’ HeliTAWS terrain warning and av

Heli-Expo 2011: New Electronic Engine Display Adds Value to Soloy Engine Conversion for AS350B2

A shiny red-and-white Eurocopter AS350B2, newly converted to Honeywell LTS-101-700D2 turbine power, dominates Soloy Aviation’s exhibit here at Heli-Expo201

Cobham to outfit LA Law

Cobham will provide synthetic vision-based EFIS to retrofit the Eurocopter and Bell fleets of the Los Angeles Police and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dep

Sandel display update Kiowa panel

The Australian Army has chosen Sandel Avionics’ four-inch flat-panel primary flight and navigation displays to upgrade its fleet of Bell 206B/OH-58 Kiowa h

EVS vs NVG: Both better

The adoption of infrared imaging enhanced vision systems (EVS) in rotary-wing applications has been slow because of a common misconception, that night safe
Aircraft

Tight credit revamps face of aircraft financing

For prospective buyers of business aircraft there’s good news and not so good news.The good news is that there are some great bargains on pre-o
Maintenance and Modifications

Timken Expands Mesa Aftermarket Facility

Timken recently expanded its aerospace aftermarket facility in Mesa, Ariz., with offerings aimed primarily at the turbine-powered civil and military rotorc
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Bombardier stressing global service

Bombardier Aerospace is in Atlanta this week highlighting its increased emphasis on worldwide customer service and product support for the entire Bombardie
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Canadians partner on quiet C850

Two Canadian companies, cabin-quieting specialist Silentium Air and completions house Flying Colours, have teamed to provide sound-proofing for green and r
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ViaSat takes over SkyLink from Arinc

ViaSat, a satellite communication network and equipment provider based in Carlsbad, Calif., announced Tuesday its acquisition of the SkyLink airborne broad

Jepp signs Avantair for eChart Viewer

The monthly chore of pulling and replacing Jepp chart pages in a loose-leaf binder may soon go the way of propping an airplane to start its engine as eChar
Avionics

Lexavia is newest player in enhanced-vision

Lexavia, with a 20-year record of providing customized flight displays for civil and military aircraft, has become the newest player in the infrared enhanc
Maintenance and Modifications

Two airframers, mod shop pick L-3’s ESI-2000

The L-3 Avionics Trilogy electronic standby instrument has been selected by Piper Aircraft and Pilatus as standard equipment on the new PiperJet and PC-12

NASA busy verifying Aerion SBJ's Mach 1.6

Aerion, based in Reno, Nev., is at Booth No.
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Conforming HondaJet first flight 'very soon'

An intensive series of system ground tests and static structural stress testing of production conforming aircraft continues at the HondaJet research and de
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Aircell goes gaga over Gogo Biz

Aircell (Booth 3737) is celebrating rapid adoption of its Gogo Biz high-speed in-flight Internet service capability by business jet OEMs and charter and fr
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Tests move Aerion toward supersonic business jet

Aerion, based in Reno, Nev., is at Booth No.