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Pilot Peter Wilson and André Borges de Freitas landed a helicopter on an iceberg during their attempt to set a world record for the fastest helicopter circumnavigation.
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Stunning moment pilot lands helicopter on iceberg

William McGee
Last updated: July 16, 2024 10:40 am
William McGee Published July 16, 2024
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Pilot Peter Wilson flying with André Borges de Freitas and landing the helicopter on an iceberg. (Picture: Jam Press)
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A Brit landed a helicopter on an iceberg during a world record attempt.

Pilot Peter Wilson was flying with businessman André Borges de Freitas.

They are trying to set a record for the fastest helicopter circumnavigation of the globe.

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De Freitas – from Criciúma, Brazil – and Wilson arrived in Greenland on 5 July and landed on the iceberg on 8 July.

Pilot Peter Wilson and André Borges de Freitas landed a helicopter on an iceberg during their attempt to set a world record for the fastest helicopter circumnavigation.
André Borges de Freitas. (Picture: Jam Press)

The businessman’s video shows how they circled the ice mass before touching down.

After landing, they disembarked their Robinson R66 and walked on top of the iceberg.

De Freitas said: “Wow! Very cool.

“We’re stepping on the iceberg now. I was a bit worried. It’s not so hard, but not too soft either. Interesting.”

His latest clip, posted on Sunday (14 Jul), shows their journey from Narsarsuaq to Kulusuk on Friday (12 Jul).

On Saturday (13 Jul), they were planning to depart from Greenland, as reported on Need To Know.

De Freitas had said: “We’ll try to cross over to Iceland, our most dangerous leg. It’s almost five hours flying over the ocean.”

The men hope to complete their journey in 100 days.

Wilson, along with fellow Brit Matthew Gallagher, previously set the Guinness World Record for the first antipodal circumnavigation by helicopter in 2017.

The pair travelled 32,000 nautical miles through 42 countries in 121 days in a Robinson R66.

They landed at the twinned cities of Palembang in Indonesia and Neiva in Colombia on opposite sides of Earth.

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