MIXING among pilots, I found they hold the weather in utter awe.
Said Philip Tze, Deputy President of Sabah Flying Club: “If you fly headlong into a storm, the violent updrafts and downdrafts can break even a big plane into pieces, so what about Zara Rutterford’s tiny ultralight Shark which she uses to fly solo around the world?”
So far, Zara has let the weather decide each flight every time, not her plan.
For example, her original dream was to return home by early December 2021 after taking off form Belgium on 18 August but it’s early January 2022 now and she is still in Egypt – 20 days from home!
What happened? Bad weather!
In Columbia, worsening weather on flight forced her to land in rain-soaked Quidbo where she could not move out for days