Above: Alec Walker captured Turk Hava Kuwetleri (Turkish Air Force, TuAF) Baykar Bayraktar Akinci B PT-5 in the air at Turkey's 3rd Main Jet Base in Konya on June 30,2022 during Exercise Anatolian Eagle. The latest variant of the indigenously produced medium altitude long endurance, unmanned combat aerial system, PT-5 - the second Akinci B to have flown powered by Pratt Whitney Canada's PT6 turboprop - was undertaking its operational testing debut during the multinational wargames Alec Walker Roger Botting was at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on July 8,2022 when Honeywell's unique Boeing 757-225 test bed, N757HW, passed by his lens on final to runway 08R following a local flight using the callsign 'Honeywell 757'. Having arrived the previous day from Arizona's Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, the jet departed for Fort Lauderdale in Florida that afternoon using the same callsign. The sole example of the indomitable Boeing type in use with the aerospace giant, N757HW has been at the forefront of driving technological advances across the aviation industry since joining the firm's flight test department in April 2005.
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