Round-the-world speed record falls to A109S | Aviation International News

Round-the-world speed record falls to A109S

The around-the-world helicopter speed record fell hard on August 18.
Pilots Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik flew a stock twin-engine 2007 AgustaWes

By Mark Huber • Contributor

August 29, 2008

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