USA ACADEMY OF AVIATION INC is proud to hold 7 U.S national speed records. There is opportunity for you to fly along with the World Record Helicopter Team. You can join our next Coast to Coast and back setting a New World and US Speed Record in our R44. Reserve your seat now for $12,500! You will build many hours of R44 time at a low cost. Contact us for more information.
Johan Nurmi, Jerry Peck, Travis Reid and Miguel Krishnan
September 20th 2011 - The team flew coast to coast and back, from Brown Airport to Savannah Hilton Head and back, in a R44 Raven II, in 58 hours and 23 minutes ( total elapsed time ) or 115 kmh. or 71.92 mph.
Read the full article from Vertical Magazine
Announcement article from Vertical Magazine
Johan Nurmi, Brent McNevin and Travis Reid
April 11th 2010 - Flew from Los Angeles International Airport LAX to Savannah Hilton Head and back in a R44 Clipper II, in 56 hours and 14 minutes, ( total elapsed time ), and our speed was 122.77 kmh.
Read the full article from Vertical Magazine
Watch segment featured on ABC 7 for the 2010 World Speed Record
Johan Nurmi, Roy Sciortino, Bill Laggner and Tyler Kim
April 23th, 2009 - Flew an R44 Raven II, Coast to Coast and back, from Brown Airport in San Diego to Savannah Hilton Head in GA, and back in 59 hours and 58 minutes, (total elapsed time) or 122.77 kmh.
Read the full article from Vertical Magazine
Watch segment featured on KUSI 9 News for the 2009 World Speed Record
Johan Nurmi, Charles Martin, Travis Reid and Dane Larsen
April 8th, 2008 - Flew Coast to Coast and back, in a Robinson R44 Raven I, from Brown Airport in San Diego to Savannah Hilton Head in GA to Brown. Our total elapsed time was 70 hours and 19 seconds, and our time was 95.77 kmh.
Read the full article from Vertical Magazine
Johan Nurmi, James Patrick Rodgers, and William Hendricks
August 9th, 2006 - Flew an OH-58, Coast to Coast and back, from Brown Airport in San Diego to Savannah Hilton Head in 28 hours and 47 minutes, this was our total elapsed time, with fueling and rest stops included. Our official airspeed was 116.46 kmh.
Check out an article from WingsandRotors.org about the flight.
Johan Nurmi, Frode Felle, Nico Wijngaarden, Paul Chenette
October 29th, 2005 - Flew a Robinson R44, Coast to Coast and back, from Los Angeles(LAX) to Savannah Hilton Head(SAV). We returned back on November 2 at 6:30am after covering 4,000 nautical miles at an average 48.5 miles per hour.
Check out an article from Rotor Magazine about the flight.
Johan Nurmi and John Thomas
September 2004 - Flew Robinson R22 Beta II, Coast to Coast and back, from Los Angeles to Savannah, Georgia in 4 days, 12 hours and 55 minutes, this was our total elapsed time, with fueling and rest stops included. Total of 53.9 hours flight time.
Check out a section on pg 3 of Robinson News Volume 11 Issue 2