Ron Bower and John Williams set a speed record for going round the world in a what?
Bell 430 or three medical attendants, respectively. Maximum external load capacity is 3,500 lb (1,585 kg). The Bell 430 entered service in 1996. In 1998, some 50 Bell 430s were in service with 9,000 flight hours totaled. On September 3, 1996, Americans Ron Bower and John Williams broke the round-the-world helicopter record with the second Bell 430, flying westwards from the UK with a time of 17 days, 6 hours and 14 minutes. On September 2, 2009, an Andhra Govt. Bell 430 carrying Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy and his party from Andhra Pradesh in southern India, went missing over a
World record progression 500 m speed skating men timed and since – when disregarding the hundredths of a second – the result was the same as the time set by Börjes, it was recognised as a world record. Muratov's world record stood for only one day, because Börjes skated 38.87 the following day. Muratov skated a new world record of 38.73 four days after that. World record progression 500 m speed skating men The world record progression 500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union: The world record of 38.9 seconds was set by Hasse Börjes on 18 January 1970 had been "manually" timed