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 &amp; 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.

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Among the turbine engine programs Honeywell is featuring at Booth No. 2137 this week are a completely factory-remanufactured version of the venerable T53 that powered the Huey series and the brand-new HTS900 turboshaft for the Army Bell ARH-70A armed reconnaissance helicopter. 
Phoenix-based Honeywell Engines will provide Eagle Copters (Booth No. 2263) with the latest T53 iteration for retrofit into Bell 205s and 212s. Meanwhile, Honeywell announced that its ARH-70A engine has successfully completed nearly 500 hours of flight testing. 
Eagle Copters of Calgary, Alberta, holds two STCs for installation of the Honeywell T5317BCV, the product of a new FAA-certified remanufacturing process incorporating only OEM parts and carrying a four-year, 2,000-hour factory warranty. The T5317BCV engine produces 1,800 takeoff shp (thermodynamic), thanks in part to new technology such as PM Astroloy turbine disks, air-cooled turbine nozzles and blades and durability upgrades that extend the initial TBO to 5,000 hours. 
Under an Eagle Copter STC, the T5317BCV is a type-certified Bell 205 drop-in replacement requiring no airframe modification. Another Eagle Copter certification, the Eagle Single on the Bell 212, replaces the original two turboshaft powerplants with the lone T5317BCV. This conversion provides greater lift performance while decreasing aircraft operating costs, said Doug Kult, Honeywell sales director for helicopters and surface systems. “Operators now have a one-stop shop for their Bell 205 and Eagle Single aircraft,” he said.

New engines from old on Honeywell exhibit

Among the turbine engine programs Honeywell is featuring at Booth No.

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