Zara Rutherford, the 19-year-old Belgian, has just landed at the international airport of Courtrai-Wevelgem (Belgium) and thus achieves the feat of being the youngest female pilot to go around the world alone.
The girl's journey west in an ultra-light sports plane began on August 18, 2021 from the same airport in West Flanders and saw the girl fly over five continents. The arrival in Belgium was originally expected on Monday, but the thick fog made the last stage postpone. In the end, the Zadar world tour lasted 155 days.
mathematics) - says Zara on his website -.
Only 5% of commercial pilots and 15% of computer scientists are women.
In both areas, aviation and stem subjects, the gender gap is huge. "In the future, the young woman, an entire family with a passion for aviation, intends to continue to demonstrate that" girls can also do extraordinary things. "and start university studies in computer science and engineering.
