C42 microlight aircraft completed a short flight powered by synthetic gasoline at Cotswold Airport

SEOUL( Reuters)-Teen pilot Zara Rutherford was set to arrive in Seoul on Saturday from Russia, the first Asia stop on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.... She is to hold a news conference at Gimpo International Airport in the afternoon, then remain at her hotel before her planned departure for Taiwan on Monday.... The youngest male record holder, Mason Andrews, was 18 years old when he made the journey in 2018. Born to two pilots, Rutherford will start univ

SEOUL( REUTERS)-Teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Seoul on Saturday( Dec 11) from Russia, the first Asia stop on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.In August, the 19-year-old British-Belgian departed from Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium on her 51, 000km journey, which is to span five continents and 52 countries, including the United States, Greenland, Russia and Colombia." It has been challenging," Ms Rutherford told reporters at Gimpo Internati

A 19-year-old has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Zara Rutherford landed at Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in Belgium accompanied by four planes from the Belgian Red Devils aerobatic display team at the end of her 50, 000km journey which involved 260 hours of flying. The teenager, who has both British and Belgian nationality, was greeted by family and friends, who cheered as she arrived in her Shark Ultralight, the world’s fastest light sport aircraft. She then posed for photo

A pair of sibling pilots who both broke round-the-world flying records have become the youngest ever winners of a prestigious adventurer award. Zara and Mack Rutherford last year made it into the record books after completing the feats within just months of each other.In August, Mack became the youngest person to fly around the world solo at the age of 17, completing the voyage in 142 days – 13 days faster than his sister, who aged 19 became the youngest woman to circumnavigate the globe solo. T

“ We think they're mad to endure such humdrum lives.” Decades before extreme sports such as bungee jumping, kiteboarding and wingsuit flying became mainstream, Mr.... He was going to Paris I believe.” Some of the club’s long-ago antics today look a lot like the television show “ Jackass, ” in which actor Johnny Knoxville orchestrates ostensibly hilarious and grotesque stunts.... “ … We’re interested in new things....