Honeywell’s Boeing 757 Testbed Turns 40

Honeywell Aerospace’s Boeing 757-200 testbed turned 40 this year, after more than 800 test flights and 3,000 flight test hours, worldwide.

Thom Patterson

Monday, June 13, 2022 at 04:29 PM ET

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Honeywell’s Boeing 757-200 testbed, N757HW. [Courtesy: Honeywell Aerospace]

Key Takeaways:

Honeywell's unique Boeing 757-200 (N757HW), identifiable by its third engine test pylon, is celebrating 40 years and has served as a critical airborne testbed since 2005.
The aircraft enables Honeywell to develop, test, and qualify a wide range of engines, avionics, and communication systems in real-world flight conditions.
N757HW has completed over 800 flight tests, logging 3,000+ hours globally, and has been instrumental in advancing technologies like the HTF7000 engine series, advanced weather radar, and next-generation flight management systems, with no retirement planned.

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Look who’s turning 40: Honeywell’s (NASDAQ: HON) unique Boeing 757-200, the well-known testbed—with a third engine pylon jutting out from the right side of its fuselage.

In 1982, this twin-engine classic was the fifth 757-200 to roll off Boeing’s assembly line in Renton, Washington. After beginning its career as a narrow-body passenger airliner with launch customer Eastern Air Lines in 1983, the jet was acquired by Honeywell in 2005 to help develop, test, and qualify Honeywell engines, avionics, and communications systems.