Teenager sets solo flight record

A 19-year-old British pilot has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, and the youngest person to undertake the 52,080.3km, 200-hour voyage in a microlight plane


Zara Rutherford, 19, flying since she was a child


Shark UL: Two-seat ultralight. Maximum 600kg

ROTAX 912 ULS 100hp engine

Wingspan only 7.9m

Optimum cruising speed: 140 knots

Monocoque carbon-fibre epoxy composite airframe

100-litre integral fuel tanks

Tricycle-type retractable gear 

Variable pitch propeller


FLIGHT PATH
 
Crossing 41 countries, using approx. 2,500 litres of fuel (less than a passenger jet uses in 10 minutes)

START: Aug 18, 2021 Kortrijk, Belgium

Atlantic Ocean
2000km 1240 miles
CANADA 
U.S.

Antipodal 1
Sep 3: Quibdo, Colombia

Pacific Ocean
EQUATOR

Stuck for 41 days

Bypass China – due to Covid – and N. Korea

Antipodal 2
Dec 21: Jakarta, Indonesia

RUSSIA
Indian Ocean

FINISH: Jan 20, 2022 
Kortrijk, Belgium


Source: www.FlyZolo.com
Pictures: FlyZolo
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