Latitude Technologies Helps Make Record-Setting World Flight a Success
August 18, 2008Early this morning, N1US, a stock AgustaWestland A109 Grand Helicopter piloted by Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik, successfully completed a round-the-world flight, touching down in New York having circumnavigated the globe in exactly 11 days, 7 hours, and 3 minutes – smashing the previous record time for a helicopter flight around the world. During the flight, N1US flew over 20,000 nautical miles, and eclipsed the previous record of just under 17 days by more than 143 hours – almost 6 full days.
In preparation for the N1US Grand Adventure flight, Latitude’s SkyNode S200-021 satellite voice and tracking equipment and the LWS Sentinel data management system on-board N1US had been sanctioned by the National Aeronautic Association to authenticate the AFF (automatic flight-following) data transmitted during the flight from N1US both to the National Aeronautic Association flight-monitoring desk and to the N1US ground logistics team at the Grand Adventure Coordination Center.
Latitude President Mark Insley was elated at news of the safe arrival of N1US and the completion of the record-setting Grand Adventure flight. “On behalf of everyone at Latitude, we offer our heartiest congratulations to Scott, Steve, and the stellar team at the Grand Adventure Coordination Center. The Grand Adventure was a team effort that started many weeks before the flight and required round-the-clock attention to every logistical detail every hour of the flight. We’re honoured to have been part of the team as communications provider for the Grand Adventure ‘08.”
About Latitude Technologies
Latitude Technologies Corporation, headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is aleading supplier of avionics voice and data equipment and services including the SkyNode S200-021 – the smallest, lightest, most versatile and economical to operate voice and 2-way data communication device in the world, featuring autonomous and host-polled asset positioning, sensor/event relay, and email and custom messaging interfaces.
For more information about this historic flight or about the SkyNode S200 family of voice and 2-way data communication devices, contact:
Mark Insley, President, Latitude Technologies Corporation
Tel: 888-966-5599, ext 1
Email: info@latitudetech.com