Honeywell 757 Engine Testbed N757HW
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Honeywell operates Boeing 757-225 N757HW as an engine testbed at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. It is powered by a pair of Rolls royce RB211-535E4B37 turbofans. It carries a third jet engine on the right side of the forward fuselage. The construction number of N757HW is 22194. It first flew on February 4, 1983. It was delivered to Eastern Airlines as N504EA on February 28, 1983. It was withdrawn from use at McCarren Airport, Nevada in January 1991. Airtours International Airways registered it as G-JALC on February 1, 1995. Airtours International Airways changed its name to MyTravel Airways on May 1, 2002. Honeywell International Incorporated gave it its current registration on October 4, 2005. It was flown to Pinal Airpark for painting on October 24, 2005. It made its first flight with three engines on December 20, 2008.
Honeywell's 757 engine tested is based on the north side of the airport. A portable work shelter is visible to the left of the airplane.
N757HW departed from Runway 8 at 9:30 AM MST on February 1, 2010. It was conducting a production acceptance test of an AS907-1-1A turbofan engine for the Bombardier Challenger 300 business jet.
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N757HW flew southeast and made four and a half circuits of a racetrack pattern in the "Gunslinger" restricted operating area over Southern Arizona and New Mexico at an about 32,000 altitude. Its ground speed varied from under 300 knots to over 500 knots.
The flight path of this flight may be seen on Google Earth.
The Honeywell 757 engine testbed returned to Runway 8 at Sky Harbor 2 hours and 44 minutes after taking off.
N757HW deployed its thrust reversers to decelerate
Camelback Mountain serves as a backdrop as N757HW taxis back to its place on the flightline.
Honeywell used former Northwest Airlines Boeing 720-051B N720H as a jet engine testbed at Sky Harbor until December 2007.
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