The Airport and Airport Service (Sri Lanka) Ltd. yesterday welcomed Zara Rutherford – the youngest woman to fly solo around the world at Colombo International Airport in Ratmalana (CIAR).
The 19 year-old Rutherford is on her journey to break multiple Guinness World Records, which includes the youngest woman to fly around the world, the first woman to circumnavigate the world in a microlight and the first Belgian to circumnavigate the world solo in a single-engine aircraft.
On 18 August, the Belgian-British pilot Rutherford started a journey with a small aeroplane to fly solo around the world and she hopes to complete her 51,000 km trip across five continents and 52 countries by mid-January 2022.
Zara Rutherford will be flying a Shark, which is a high-performance ultralight aircraft manufactured in Europe. It is incredibly fast with cruising speed reaching 300 km/h. The aircraft has been specially prepared for such a long journey.
The CIAR was the 56th stop in her bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.
People can track her movement via flyzolo.com/route/
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