19-Year-Old Woman Takes Off on Record Bid for Round-the-World Solo Flight Written 19 August 2021
Belgian-British teenager Zara Rutherford poses on the tarmac in front of her Shark Ultralight airplane prior to take off at the Kortrijk-Wevelgem airfield in Wevelgem, Belgium, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021 | Credit: Virginia Mayo; Associated Press–©
Reuters reports that 19-year-old Zara Rutherford took off from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport Wednesday “at the start of a three-month bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo round the world.” Rutherford “hopes her voyage will encourage more girls and women to study and work in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), and spark girls’ interest in aviation.”
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