International Airport Kortrijk-Wevelgem, 19 year old British pilot Zara Rutherford completes her 5 month odyssey flying solo around he world


20 January 2022. International Airport Kortrijk-Wevelgem, 19 year old British pilot Zara Rutherford holds aloft her various mascot teddies as she completes her 5 month odyssey flying solo around he world in a Shark-Aero ultralight aircraft. She enters the history books and Guinness Book of records as the youngest woman to ever circumnavigate the globe. Zara started her journey to circumnavigate the globe on 18 August 2021, returning to the same airfield 20 January 2022. Zara visited 41 countries and covered 28,000 nm (32,222 miles/51,856km) in 155 days to break 2 world records. Zara is the daughter of professional English pilot Sam Rutherford and Belgian pilot Beatrice de Smet. Zara started flying aged 14 years old and gained her pilots license in 2020. Photo©; Charlie All rights managed.


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