Scott Kasprowicz Orders an AgustaWestland Grand New Helicopter

(February 23, 2010) -- AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that business man and pilot Scott Kasprowicz has signed a contract for a Grand New Helicopter. Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik set a new world speed record in 2008 in an AgustaWestland Grand helicopter having flown around the world in only 11 days 7 hours and 5 minutes, breaking the old record by almost 6 days.

Lou Bartolotta, Executive Vice President Sales for North America said "The fact that an individual of Scott's renown in the helicopter aviation community has chosen the Grand New to follow his record-breaking AgustaWestland Grand speaks volumes. We can only await the news of what Scott plans for this aircraft with excitement and the full sense of adventure Scott brings to everything he does."

Source : AgustaWestland, A Finmeccanica Company (Milan: FNC.MI)