Rutherford’s route covered 52 countries on five continents in a specially prepared Shark ultralight aircraft with a cruising speed of up to 300 km/h, according to his website. “I want to take the opportunity to meet new people on my journey who are doing incredible things, making a difference in their communities or even the world,” she wrote before disembarking. His journey was tracked on his website, which shows he started from Bulgaria to the Mediterranean, then the Sahara, then the Middle East and then East Asia. He broke two world records, previously held by his older sister Zara Rutherford, as the youngest person to fly around the world solo and also the youngest person to do so in a microlight aircraft, the GWR website reports. It entered its final leg through the United States, Canada and Mexico before flying back to Europe and landing in Sofia. Inspired to fly by his family, the teenager was just 15 when he received his first pilot’s licence, becoming the youngest pilot in the world. “When I was 15, I got my license and I was the youngest in the world at that point. And when my sister flew around the world, I thought there’s something I can really try to strive for and achieve.” he said. he told CNN earlier in August. His journey even took him to a remote island in the North Pacific after strong headwinds forced him to land during a flight from Japan to the United States. “I had some Oreos for dinner and then I went to sleep in a little shed — but that was definitely an amazing experience,” he told CNN.
