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Zara Rutherford (born 5 July 2002) is a Belgian-British aviator. At age 19, she became the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world and the first person to complete a circumnavigation in a microlight aircraft after a five-month journey which began in Kortrijk, Belgium, on 18 August 2021, and ended on 20 January 2022.

On 26 July 2021, at a press conference at Popham Airfield near Winchester, Rutherford announced her bid to become the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world, at the age of 19. She aimed to break the record previously set by American pilot Shaesta Waiz, who achieved the record in 2017 at the age of 30. Aside from this record, she also attempted to break two other records—to become the first woman to circumnavigate the world in a microlight aircraft and the first Belgian to circumnavigate the world solo in a single-engine aircraft.[8][9] The record-breaking attempt was also meant to raise awareness about the gender gap in fields like science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and aviation, and to inspire more women and girls to be involved in STEM fields early. Her attempt was supported by main sponsor ICDSoft, a Bulgarian web hosting service, Richard Branson's Virgin Group, Belgian start-up SafeSky, and Dutch staffing and recruitment company TMC Group. She also partnered with charities Girls Who Code and Dreams Soar, which aim to inspire and help women and girls to enter into STEM fields.

Normally I put my donation information here.  However in the spirit of Zara's intentions, if you would like to make a donation, please consider donating to:
Girls Who Code

In June 2022, Deutz AG presented Rutherford with the 2022 Nicolaus August Otto Award.

On 12 September 2022, the Honourable Company of Air Pilots announced that Rutherford had been awarded the Master's Medal.

Rutherford started her undergraduate studies at Stanford University in September 2022.

Her Flightplan can be found here: https://flightsim.to/file/20010/zara-rutherford-flyzolo-world-tour-flight-plan

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