Around the world at age 17: who is the young man pilotMack Rutherford

By Gabriela Gonçalves / 25/08/2022 / 1 minute reading

If your mother didn't let you travel alone before you were 18, imagine pilotfly a plane and fly around the world in it? That's what Mack Rutherford, just 17 years old, did. He is the youngest pilotto achieve the feat, recorded in Guinness.

The 17-year-old British-Belgian won the title of pilotthe youngest person to fly around the world solo. Mack Rutherford's journey lasted five months and one day. He landed in Bulgaria, on the runway at Radomir airport, on Wednesday (24).

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Mack Rutherford, 17, became the youngest pilot to circle the globe alone in a small plane. He landed in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Wednesday, ending his 30-country, 30,000-mile journey.https://t.co/KAjt4X66Os pic.twitter.com/hmZsNUpbVT
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Mack traveled more than 54.000 km, visited 30 countries, flew over 5 continents, in addition to facing temperatures of 48 ºC and waiting countless hours for overflight authorizations.

Upon arriving from his trip, he received a certificate from Guinness confirming the record: the last record of this feat occurred in 2021, with an 18-year-old young man.

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