In Sudan, his solar panel system fell down because the heat melted the glue maintaining it in place combined with extreme haze.
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But his trip was also full with challenges, like a 10-hour flight from Japan across the Pacific Ocean to the uninhabited U.S. His favourite flyovers ranged from the Sahara Desert to Greenland and Iceland.
Rutherford’s journey took longer than planned due to permit delays that forced him to alter his route twice and fly over Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, North America and back to Europe.
“It took a little bit longer than I had hoped for, but it was very exciting, very interesting trip and I don’t regret at all going on it.” “Amazing to finally be here again and to have done my goal,” he said with a wide smile. His journey broke two Guinness World records, including one set by his sister Zara, 19, who handed him one of the certificates on the tarmac. “There were many points in my journey where it would have been easy to give up…But I kept going, even when it seemed like I wouldn’t be able to make it to the end,” he said. SOFIA – British-Belgian teenager became the youngest person to fly solo around the world on Wednesday after a five-month journey that saw him battle monsoon rains, searing heat and frustrating bureaucracy.Ĭheers went up as 17-year-old Mack Rutherford landed at an airfield near the Bulgarian capital Sofia after flying 54,124 km (33,631 miles) and visiting more than 30 countries since he departed from the same site in his Shark Aero microlight airplane on March 23.
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