Anyone have any Info on that 109 which..
 

... is apparently planning on flying round the world soon. it's a black one with the reg of N1US I seem to remember.

I am only curious. I would have thought using the 109 would break any previous speed records providing it goes smooth.

We have the same aircraft - A109S, there are only 2 in the US ours N 613 CC and N 1 US. I was fortunate to be in Philly 2 weeks ago when both were in the same place.
They flew it to the US from Italy and then went to LA - not sure where from then. Good guys - spent a bit of time with them and actually flew the ship before we bought ours.

Any idea which route they took. Looking at doing something similar in a 109end of 2008. Would like to get in touch if possible so contact details would be appreciated

BS - the round-the-world plans for N1US are "Spring 2008" according to this press release from Latitude Technology

UUUHH...no..if you read the press release its dated 2006.So it was to have happened in Spring this year !

They have only recently completed the flight. theirs is 22040 and ours delivered 4 weeks ago was s/n 22042. Think the original date in the article was a typo - 2006/7

I see in the papers that N1US has broken the speed record between New York and Los Angeles .

Good to hear but not too surprised. The 109S is just about the fastest little helicopter available at the moment.

Any chance of a link to the report? :)

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