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Teen pilot on track for solo global flight world record

August 23, 2022293 Views

Mack follows elder sister Zara Rutherford’s footsteps to make his own mark A Belgian-British teenage pilot was on track Tuesday to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane as he landed in southern Belgium ahead of the penultimate leg of his global odyssey. Mack Rutherford, who turned 17 during the journey, touched down at Buzet Airstrip near the city of Charleroi, where he originally learned to fly. He’s due to land in Bulgaria on Wednesday. His aim: to displace Travis Ludlow of Britain, who was 18 when he set the record in 2021. Seventeen year old Anglo-Belgian pilot, Mack Rutherford, speaks with the media after landing at the Buzet airfield in Pont-A-Celles, Belgium, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) Rutherford is flying a Shark...

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Rutherford lands back in Belgium, finishes solo flight round the world

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January 21, 2022834 Views

Youngest woman to do this and first person the achieve the feat in a microlight plane A British-Belgian teenager became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world on Thursday and the first person to do so in a microlight plane after a five-month, five-continent odyssey in her Shark ultralight. Nineteen-year-old Zara Rutherford landed back at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in Belgium after flying 51,000 km (32,000 miles) over 52 nations since her Aug. 18 departure in the world's fastest microlight aircraft. Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, arrives at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport after a round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, becoming the youngest female pilot to circle the planet alone, in Wevelgem, Belgium, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol Cheers and applau...

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Teen pilot Zara Rutherford lands in Coimbatore

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December 30, 20211491 Views

Teen aviator Zara Rutherford landed in Coimbatore on Thursday as part of her bid to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo and cover 51,000 kms, spanning five continents and 52 countries. The 19-year old British-Belgian Zara embarked on her journey on August 18 from Kortrik Wevelgem Airport in Belgium to set a world record to become the youngest solo pilot of the world's fastest Shark Ultralight plane. "It has been a challenging task, particularly given the weather conditions and Covid-19 restrictions. Actually my plan is to complete the task by mid November, but due to various formalities, like obtaining Visa, it was delayed by nearly two months," Zara told reporters here at the office of Elgi Equipments, the major air compressor manufacturers and sponsors of th...

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Teen pilot lands in Seoul in record solo-flight

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December 11, 20211159 Views

Teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Seoul on Saturday from Russia, the first Asia stop on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo. In August, the 19-year-old British-Belgian departed from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium on her 51,000-km (32,000-mile) journey, which is to span five continents and 52 countries, including the United States, Greenland, Russia and Colombia. "It has been challenging," Rutherford told reporters at Gimpo International Airport after arriving from Vladivostok in her bespoke Shark ultralight plane, the world's fastest microlight. "I was stuck in Alaska because of visa and weather issues for a month and I was stuck in Russia for a month because of visa and weather issues," she said. "I was hoping to complete it...