First the U.S. Transcon, now 'round the world
Scott Kasprowicz (center), the AgustaWestland A109S Grand owner-pilot who broke the U.S.

Scott Kasprowicz (center), the AgustaWestland A109S Grand owner-pilot who broke the U.S. transcontinental record a week and a half ago, announced his next record attempt yesterday here at Heli-Expo–an around-the-world flight in his AgustaWestland helicopter, N1US.

The current record for the 19,865-nm world flight in a helicopter is 17 days, which Kasprowicz intends to shatter when he launches on the journey in mid-July. His planned eastbound route from New York La Guardia Airport (LGA) will take him to Newfoundland; Greenland; Scotland; Milan, Italy, the headquarters of AgustaWestland; Russia; across the Bering Sea into Alaska; western Canada; then into the U.S. for the leg back to New York. Kasprowicz said almost one third of the trip will be flown in Russia.