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Honeywell’s Boeing B757 flying testbed is featured on the cover of the May 24 edition of Aviation Week magazine along with the feature story, “Use of Commercial Engine Flying Testbeds Rising to New High.”
The feature article discusses how an increase in new air transport and business jet engine development programs has led to the growing use of flying testbeds.
Honeywell’s Boeing 757 is the only aircraft of its type configured as a testbed. The aircraft currently has Honeywell’s HTF7000 business jet turbofan engine in a special mounting. The B757 is used to test new engines and technologies, and a new series of test flights on business jet engines will begin in June.
“The use of flying testbeds is increasing – it’s not going down,” said Ian Bell, Honeywell 757 testbed flight-test engineer, in the Aviation Week article. “A flying testbed is an excellent tool for this work since it permits full evaluation of the engine throughout its operational envelope.”
For more information, read the article.
