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

Avionics

WSI wx coverage goes global

WSI has rolled out the Fusion 2.2 version of its online software service, which provides worldwide information on changing flight, airport and airspace con
Environment

Nat’l Park Service To Settle Grand Canyon Noise Issue

After debating Grand Canyon air-tour noise for eight years, the Grand Canyon Working Group (GCWG) has left the issue to the National Park Service (NPS), wh

Insurance and Legal Issues for Owners

In addition to the costs of acquisition, prospective buyers must consider the costs–especially insurance and taxes–they will incur once they own the aircra

Economy clouds outlook for aircraft acquisition

It is the best of times to purchase a business jet…and the worst of times to finance it.

Rolls forecast highlights long-term helo demand

Rolls-Royce, in its annual 10-year market forecast, sees a market characterized by near-term softness followed by a resumption of growth.

RotorWay adds EVS to Talon

RotorWay International, which aired plans on Sunday to build and certify a two-place turbine helicopter, on Monday announced the addition of an infrared en

Cobham cockpit comes together

The fusion of Chelton Flight Systems/S-TEC Chelton, Inc.

Turbomeca says ‘green’ is the color of success

A prevailing gloomy economic outlook notwithstanding, Turbomeca projected an air of optimism at a Saturday afternoon press briefing when Pierre Fabre, the

A hot idea for RR 250 could cut fuel burn by 40%

Savings of up to 40 percent on jet fuel for the Rolls-Royce 250 turbine-engine family? That is the prospect offered by Frontline Aerospace, said company CE

Timken’s Extex buy boosts PMA capabilities

The newly formed Timken Aerospace Aftermarket Solutions business unit is at Heli-Expo this week (Booth No.

Honeywell debuts Zing diagnostics

Honeywell is at Heli-Expo (Booth No.

Program update: Honeywell spotlights the old and new

Honeywell Engines comes to Heli-Expo with five turboshaft models ranging in age from venerable to brand-new and in power from 1,000 shp to 5,000.

Some EMS pilots flying with NVGs and EVS

Choices that air medical operators will make about investing limited resources in safety equipment are price-sensitive.
FBOs

DNC attracts fewer jets to Denver than FBOs predicted

The volume of general aviation arrivals for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver was less than predicted, according to Denver-area FBOs servi
Maintenance and Modifications

Jet Aviation to Expand Moscow Maintenance Base

A memorandum of understanding between Jet Aviation and Vnukovo Invest, co-owner of Moscow Vnukovo International Airport, has created a joint venture that w
Cabin Interior and Electronics

True North lands Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft has selected TrueNorth Avionics’ Simphone airborne telephone systems as OEM standard options on new S-76 series and S-92 helicopters.
Avionics

Stevens Unveils Select Suite Avionics Retrofits

Stevens Aviation, buoyed by market reception of its Lear4Ever avionics and airframe modification package for the Learjet 35, today announced expansion of i
Maintenance and Modifications

JetTech panel mods update early Citations

JetTech, a Colorado specialist in designing and obtaining STCs for RVSM and panel modernization, is at Booth No.
Avionics

Garmin reveals incentives for G1000 avionics suite

Garmin International opened NBAA’08 by announcing a pair of offers to purchasers and operators of its G1000 integrated flight deck that include price break
Avionics

EMS Satcom unveils its lightest eNfusion antenna

EMS Satcom on Monday rolled out the latest and lightest in its line of eNfusion high-gain antennas (HGA) for airborne satellite communications, the AMT-700
Engines

P&WC expands engine offerings

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s prospects in the business jet and general aviation markets remain bright despite the air of economic uncertainty stemming from the
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Mideast expo puts spotlight on interiors

Gulf VIP, an event for the Middle East’s ultra-rich that promotes executive jet interiors to the “the lucrative markets of Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia”
Engines

Honeywell loading up on 10K engine technology

While most of the activity at Honeywell’s Phoenix-based engines division continues to focus on evolutionary improvements to its in-production turbine engin
Avionics

Pilots embracing low-cost EVS

Infrared enhanced-vision systems (EVS) optimized to provide greater situational awareness for business aircraft are finding an increasing number of applica
Engines

Latest acquisitions boost GE’s presence in GA sector

Brad Mottier, general manager of GE Aviation’s newly formed business and general aviation division (B&GA), outlined the genesis, philosophy and goals of th
Avionics

ICG puts BlackBerry on Iridium server unit

International Communications Group (ICG) announced that its NxtMail Over Iridium global e-mail services are now available to users of Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBe
Avionics

Starling broadband antenna takes wing

Starling Advanced Communications, an Israeli company specializing in Ku broadband antenna systems, is at NBAA’08 Booth No.
FBOs

Bizav Traffic at DNC in Denver Less Than Anticipated

The volume of business aircraft arrivals for the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week has been less than predicted, Denver-area FBOs serving
Rotorcraft

MD Helicopters back in the black after a turbulent year

The light at the end of the tunnel is not a train bearing down on MD Helicopters Inc., said chairman and CEO Henk Schaeken.