N580HW, Honeywell Aero’s CV-580 – Photo: JL Johnson | AirlineReporter

Late last month I had the opportunity to attend Honeywell Aero’s International Media Event in Phoenix, AZ. The  symposium focused on all things Honeywell and AvGeek, with a small and diverse audience of mainstream media and bloggers from all across the world.

Prior to the event, I understood that Honeywell was, like many other conglomerates, well-established in the aviation industry. Indeed, we’ve written extensively about how Honeywell improves aviation safety, we have geeked out over their incredibly diverse fleet of test aircraft and, of course, have covered their innovative and (can we say exciting? Because it is!) Electric Green Taxi System, EGTS.

Honeywell Aerospace’s Sky Harbor Facility in Phoenix – Photo: Honeywell

But even with this coverage, we’d only begun to scratch the surface of Honeywell’s Aerospace operations.  In just shy of two days, with their incredibly passionate crew, I learned more about the company and their products than I had over a lifetime of being an aviation enthusiast.