Phoenix-based Honeywell Aerospace has earned respect throughout the industry for its eagerly anticipated 10-year business aviation forecast, released to coincide with the annual NBAA Convention. The company revealed the purchase-expectation forecast here on Sunday and the news was generally positive. That came as a surprise to a lot of people, including Rob Wilson, Honeywell Aerospace president for business and general aviation.
Times have been good at Honeywell, and if the survey results prove correct they will stay that way. In recent years, the powerplant and avionics supplier has weighed a plunge into the 10,000-pound-thrust engine category and has also been at the forefront of the new synthetic-vision certification in the PlaneView cockpit flying in large-cabin Gulfstreams. NBAA Convention News spoke with Wilson to get his thoughts on the state of the industry in light of the survey’s upbeat results.
