Midlands-based businessmen and pilot Attila Balogh has just completed a busy and successful 2008, setting speed records for journeys in a single engine airplane. Accompanied by co-pilots Richard Wyatt and Steve Throup, since July Balogh’s Cirrus SR22 aircraft has set new marks for the journeys between the airports of Le Mans and Coventry, Berlin and Coventry, and Budapest, Frankfurt and Coventry.

A vital part of Balogh’s equipment on all these journeys was the Sennheiser HMEC 460 aviation headset.

“When you’re trying to set a record, you need to be in a position to make quick decisions,” explained Balogh. “With the Sennheiser HMEC 460 headset I know that whether I’m speaking to my co-pilot, or air traffic control, I’m not going to have to repeat myself because they couldn’t hear what I was saying. A Cirrus SR22 going at full speed can be noisy, which is why the Sennheiser headset’s noise-cancelling abilities are so important. Of course, the headset’s extra bonus is that it allows us to listen to audio from my iPod, which automatically fades if we’re contacted by air traffic control. It takes nearly seven hours to fly from Coventry to Budapest, at World Record pace, so that feature comes in very handy.”

Balogh’s aerial exploits have generated significant press coverage, including Pilot magazine, Today’s Pilot, Flyer Magazine, The Birmingham Post, The Coventry Telegraph, BBC Radio, PilotWeb and UK Airport News.

“I always try to mention the Sennheiser Headsets in interviews,” continues Balogh. “A lot of things can derail a record attempt, but I know my headset is one of the things I can rely on 100%.”