Mack Rutherford has become the youngest person to fly solo around the world, completing the last leg of his global odyssey in Bulgaria, taking out two Guinness World Records. 9News FULL STORY:
in a small plane as he landed in southern Belgium ahead of the penultimate leg of his global odyssey.
He's due to land in Bulgaria on later today. His aim: to displace Travis Ludlow of Britain, who was 18 when he set the record in 2021.Seventeen year old Anglo-Belgian pilot, Mack Rutherford, is about to set a world record for flying solo around the world. It's the same kind of aircraft used by his 19-year-old sister, Zara Rutherford, when she set the world record on January 20 for the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.
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