17-year-old pilot Mack Rutherford at Biggin Hill Airport, Westerham, Kent, as he continues in his bid to beat the Guinness World Record for the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small plane.
Picture date: Monday, August 22, 2022. (Pho SOFIA, Bulgaria - A teenager from Belgium became the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft after he landed on Wednesday in Bulgaria, where his global journey kicked off five months ago.Mack Rutherford, who turned 17 during the trip, landed on an airstrip west of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, to complete his task and claim two Guinness World Records.
Along with becoming the youngest person to fly around the world by himself, Rutherford is also the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a microlight plane."Once you’re actually in the flight, you’re kind of in the zone.
You’re busy doing things," Rutherford told FOX Television Stations last week from New York, where he made a pit stop. "Your entire focus is on that ...