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
Security
Aero-cops ponder 9/11 rescue lessons learned
Last September 10, the New York City Police aviation unit had a detailed disaster response and high-rise rescue plan in place.
Scenic sells scenery by the planeload
Dateline September 1927: Lindbergh is just back from Paris, and being “air-minded” is the thing.
Regulations and Government
For Part 135 security rules, one-size-fits-all doesn’t work
Two Part 135 air-taxi operators at opposite ends of the charter business spectrum, Skybird Aviation and The Air Group–both based at Van Nuys Airport (VNY)
New Mooney boss fights sticker shock
Although it’s unlikely to become the Wal-Mart of general aviation, the newly created Mooney Aerospace Group (MAG) has announced a price rollback.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Collins, Boeing to offer broadband for bizjets
Rockwell Collins and Connexion by Boeing are teaming to create a broadband satellite data service for business jets that will fly first aboard Bombardier’s
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Thrane & Thrane shows own data-ready satcom
Thrane & Thrane last month introduced to the North American market Aero-HSD+, a data satcom system noteworthy for being the first such product the Dani
Ranger sees TAS as another success story in the making
Ranger Aerospace, the privately held investment and management holding company with offices adjacent to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, attracted the notice of
Sikorsky adds ‘wow factor’ to its Web site
Sikorsky unveiled its fully transformed Web site–www.sikorsky.com–to Heli-Expo’08 attendees yesterday.
Let’s get Sirius, helo operators tell cabin outfitters
Avionics Innovations is showing its line of in-flight entertainment (IFE) equipment designed for helicopters at Booth No.
New engines from old on Honeywell exhibit
Among the turbine engine programs Honeywell is featuring at Booth No.
Program Update: Pratt & Whitney Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s helicopter turboshaft engine business has enjoyed an unprecedented surge in recent years, thanks in part to the company’s de
FLIR Intros Low-Cost EVS Sensor
Wilson, Ore.-based FLIR Systems bills its EVS3 as a “compact thermal imager built for the general aviation industry.” A company representative said t
Heli-Mart’s investment also benefits MDHI
Heli-Mart recently expanded its MD Helicopters support capabilities by purchasing an 80 percent stake in Phoenix Heliparts.
Industry Perspective: Turbomeca
Turbomeca Engines has become a major player on a highly competitive field in recent years after decades spent primarily as a powerplant supplier to Europea
Program Update: Honeywell Engines
Honeywell Engines has adop-ted a pioneering role in the U.S.
Max-Viz introduces pair of EVS products
Max-Viz arrived at Heli-Expo’08 with two new infrared sensing enhanced-vision system (EVS) products developed with helicopter operators in mind.
Avionics
Teledyne bursts onto the scene with SmartCabin Office lineup
Teledyne Controls is leaping into the corporate-jet passenger information marketing scene as an equipment and software integrator, promising services “so p
ATC
High-altitude redesign heralds Free Flight era
When the high-altitude redesign (HAR) portion of the FAA’s national airspace redesign program begins initial implementation this year, it will signal the b
FBOs
AirCenter becomes the newest Scottsdale FBO
Further evidence that Scottsdale Airport (SDL), 14 miles southeast of Phoenix Sky Harbor International, is an increasingly active business aviation center
Engines
New P&WC Chief Promises To Exceed Customer Expectations
After eight months on the job as president of Pratt & Whitney Canada, Alain Bellemare guides a company that is becoming increasingly global in nature w
Regulations and Government
California banner-tow ban nixed; Hawaii’s ban could be next
A ban enacted in September by the southern California coastal city of Huntington Beach on all aerial advertising flights in its airspace, which could have
Annual event targets rogue attitudes
This year’s annual safety standdown– sponsored by Bombardier Aerospace, NBAA, the FAA and the NTSB, focused on more than procedure and technique.
Meeting on air-tour regs fails to break deadlock
Those among the 100 or so who came to a September 29 informational meeting in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Grand Canyon overflight issues, hosted by the National P
Avionics
Satcom maker unveils 4-channel Swift64 unit
At the NBAA Convention last month, EMS Technologies announced that it will begin delivering its new four-channel HSD-400 satcom data terminal early next ye
Avionics
Iridium thrives after restructuring
In 1999, Motorola’s ill-starred Iridium satcom venture declared bankruptcy and was on the verge of maneuvering the service’s 66 satellites to burn up in th
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Free look-see for low-cost e-mail aloft
For corporate aircraft passengers whose airborne Internet ambitions don’t extend beyond retrieving and sending e-mail, ASI, a small Australian communicatio
Rejuvenated MD Helicopters looks toward a brighter future
After less than three years as a stand-alone company, MD Helicopters Inc.
What should you do if the FAA calls or writes?
“November 12345, ATC would like you to call this number...” Pulse picking up yet? Patrick Bailey, a Santa Monica, Calif.
Max-Viz considering EVS for rotorcraft
Might a civil helicopter be next in line to benefit from an infrared-sensor-based enhanced vision system (EVS)? Max-Viz, of Portland, Ore.–formed two years
