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Belgian-British teenager Zara Rutherford wants to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. The 19-year-old left Kortrijk, Belgium, on August 18, in her Shark Ultralight single-engine airplane, flying west for what will be a nearly 60,000-kilometer journey.
Her trip will take her across the Atlantic Ocean, then down the east coast of the US to South America. She'll then fly back up to Alaska and across to Russia, East and Central Asia, and then the Middle East before returning to Belgium on November 4.
She'll also get breaks, including 70 planned stops and 19 rest days. She will fly over 52 countries.
Currently, the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane is Shaesta Waiz, who completed the trip in 2017 when she was 30.
Travis Ludlow was 18 when he broke the record as the youngest male to make the trip in 2021.
According to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, only about 5% of airline pilots around the world are female, which Rutherford hopes can change.
Rutherford told CNN that 5% is "such a small number." She also said, "It's an amazing career with amazing opportunities."

👉Summary
擁有比利時和英國雙國籍的青少年Zara Rutherford，想要成為在世界各地獨立飛行的最年輕女性。今年19歲的她駕駛飛機離開比利時，向西飛行，展開近60000公里的旅程。她的旅程橫跨大西洋，從美國東岸飛去南美洲。 接著，她將飛回阿拉斯加，穿越俄羅斯、東亞、中亞以及中東地區，最後回到比利時。根據國際女性航空公司飛行員協會，全球大約只有5%的航空公司飛行員是女性，Rutherford希望這樣的情況能有所改變。

👉Words & Phrases
solo獨自地
opportunity機會
visibility能見度

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Article: Engoo Daily News
(https://engoo.com.tw/app/daily-news/article/this-teenage-pilot-is-flying-the-world-solo/gm7KhgXUEeyoA9MBehkyxA)
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