Avionics
Sandel delivers its first HeliTAWS
Sandel Avionics, Vista, Calif., has gained TSO and Part 27 supplemental type certificate (STC) approvals for its ­class-A HeliTAWS helicopter terrain avoid

Sandel Avionics, Vista, Calif., has gained TSO and Part 27 supplemental type certificate (STC) approvals for its ­class-A HeliTAWS helicopter terrain avoidance and warning ­system, which includes a proprietary nuisance-alert elimination feature and high-resolution 3-D terrain display.

The first HeliTAWS fleet installation is for Agusta 109s flown for North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale, Minn. MSP Aero of Minneapolis–an FAA-approved repair station specializing in helicopter and business jet avionics including 800-MHz (P25 compliant) radios, Waas-capable GPS upgrades and STC development–is doing the installations under Sandel’s recently issued STC.

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