She finished her journey in January of this year, and when she went to Sofia to meet Mack when he arrived bacThe person to fly a tiny aircraft solo around the globe is a teen pilot. After travelling for five months a youngest and stopping in 52 different countries, Mack Rutherford, 17, arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria. Mack, a Belgian-born child of British parents, battled sandstorms in Sudan and spent the night on an empty Pacific island on the journey. The youngest lady to fly solo across the globe is his sister Zara.
k at his starting place, she said that she had “offered him advice about the path.” British pilot Travis Ludlow, who was 18 years and 150 days old when he finished his journey last year, held the previous record for solo flight. Mack urged others to follow their aspirations, no matter how old they are after accomplishing the accomplishment.
He crossed two seas, traveled through Europe, Asia, Africa, and the United States, and his plane landed in Scotland’s Wick before taking off from London’s Biggin Hill Airport earlier this week. On March 23, Mack, who comes from an aviator family, left the capital of Bulgaria. During the arduous journey, he encountered extreme heat in Dubai and unanticipated airport closures in India.
The teenage pilot added that after experiencing a “hairy moment” when flying through rain and low cloud, he had slept next to a runway on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean.
Due to his efforts, he has broken two Guinness World Records: the youngest person to fly solo around the world and the youngest person to fly a microlight plane around the world.
The adolescent piloted a Shark, a high-performance lightweight vehicle with a top speed of about 186 mph (300 km/h).
