Simon Oliphant-Hope next to the MD500 that broke the around the world record in 2004.

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00:45 Thanks for your feedback

01:30 Aaron and Lorena Knapp photo

02:00 Listener shoutout

02:50 Simon intro and Eastern Atlantic Helicopters

06:05 Moving from property to helicopters

07:10 Early helicopter work and starting a company

08:44 Getting a CFI rating

09:50 Idea to fly around the world

10:30 Planning the world record attempt

11:20 Rules for a world record

12:56 Average speed calculated first lift off / last touch down

14:00 Daily routine

16:10 Solo and support crew, getting through Russia

17:50 MD500 as the attempt aircraft

20:26 First attempt in 2001 and 9/11

23:33 Carrying maps and pre-attempt planning

26:00 Home base support crew and comms

27:11 Orthopaedic cushion from Ron Bower(previous record holder)

29:41 Going west bound challenges, Ross Perot Jnr, Dick Smith

31:30 Film flying and James Bond

32:30 Tips for young pilots

34:39 Route map

34:50 Marketing tip – trainmorepilots.com

36:00 Merry Christmas to you

36:30 World helicopter day

Links from this week’s episode:

Simon’s company Eastern Atlantic Helicopters

Flight path for 2004 around the world record flight.

In this video Simon also talks about his around the world flight (30sec advert at the beginning)

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In 2013 a russian team flew around the world in 44 days with 2 Robinson helicopters – this puts Simon’s achievement (solo and 17 days) into perspective:

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