2008 Team

In 2008, Nurmi, Charles Bubba Martin, Dane Larsen and Travis Reid flew an R44 R I helicopter from Coast to coast and back, Brown field Airport in San Diego to Savannah Hilton Head, in 70 hours (total elapsed time not total flight time). NAA and FAI approved the 2008 as a World Speed Record in april 2008.

2009 Team

In an attempt to break the U.S. cross-country-and-back speed record, Johan Nurmi headed east from San Diego on a mild spring morning with a privately registered R44 and a team of new pilots. A team of four pilots rewrote the record books in April with a coast-to-coast-and-back helicopter flight that shattered the previous mark by just over 10 hours. The World Record Helicopter Team, based at French Valley Airport in Southern California, launched their attempt from Brown Field Municipal Airport in San Diego. Their goal was to fly to Georgia's Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and back to Brown Field in less than the existing record time (for the team's class of helicopter) of 70 hours and 19 seconds. Read More...