Zara Rutherford tries to break record for youngest pilot to fly solo around the world
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Belgian-British teenage Zara Rutherford is trying to break three world records by flying solo around the world.
Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot plans to break three Guinness World Records by traveling around the world alone, according to her website.
The records include: youngest woman to fly solo around the world; first woman to circumnavigate the world in a microlight -- a type of lightweight aircraft; and the first Belgian to circumnavigate the world solo in a single-engine aircraft.
Rutherford began her journey from Belgium on Aug. 18, 2021 and, according to her arrivals board, she is scheduled to return to Belgium on Jan. 13, 2022.
The original flight plan would have ended in Belgium before Christmas, but Rutherford told Reuters she was delayed in Alaska and Russia.
