AviationGeeks.com - First GrandNew Helicopters for France and the Principality of Monaco Delivered

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce that the first two GrandNew light twin helicopters for France and the Principality of Monaco have been delivered to their respective owners. 

The announcement of the deliveries was performed during an official event held by AgustaWestland and Monacair, an affiliated company of SkyGroup, in Monaco today. An evolution of the highly successful Grand helicopter, the GrandNew features the most modern developments in avionics while retaining the outstanding Grand’s characteristics. The GrandNew is the first type certified light twin (CS/JAR/FAR 27) to enter service with a new EFIS featuring Synthetic Vision and is the first helicopter in service in this class that is fully compliant with the latest advanced global positioning system-based navigation requirements for all weather operations.

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