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BRUSSELS — Home! And no longer alone. The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgium on Thursday — 155 days after she...
At age 19, Zara Rutherford has become the youngest woman ever to fly solo around the world, after landing back at her Belgian point of departure following a journey of more than 52,000 kilometers (28,000 nautical miles) across several countries and five continents
Jerrie Mock completed the incredible feat - which took 29 days and spanned 22,860 miles - in April 1964, arriving back in Columbus, Ohio, to rapturous crowds.
Home! And no longer alone. The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgium on Thursday — 155 days after she departed. She made it count for herself, her family and dedicated it to all young…
On Thursday, at age 19, Zara Rutherford earned the Guinness World Record for the youngest woman to complete a solo flight around the globe, ending her 155-day journey through the skies of the world by touching down in her home country, Belgium.