Zara Rutherford lands in SL on her attempt to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world

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The teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed at the Colombo International Airport, Ratmalana (CIAR) today in her bid to become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world.

The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara started a journey on August 18, 2021 to fly solo around the world and she hopes to complete 51,000-kilometre trip across five continents & 52 countries by mid-January 2022.

Sri Lanka becomes her 56th stop.

Zara Rutherford will be flying a Shark, which is a high-performance ultralight aircraft manufactured in Europe. It is incredibly fast with cruising speed reaching 300 km/h. The aircraft has been specially prepared for such a long journey.

The CIAR welcomed her and wished all the very best.

Comments - 13

MOHAMED HUSSAIN Tuesday, 28 December 2021 05:04 PM

Best of luck on her journey! But please don't fuel your aircraft in SL

Palitha Tuesday, 28 December 2021 10:35 PM

Traitor

Seb Tuesday, 28 December 2021 05:24 PM

Cool! Good luck Zara! :-)

BE FAIR Tuesday, 28 December 2021 06:30 PM

22m [minus the 6.9m] People are also on SOLO mode in this land like no other

Samantha Tuesday, 28 December 2021 10:40 PM

I Wish all the best for her journey.

Sundram Tuesday, 28 December 2021 10:50 PM

One whit woman lands in a solo flight, so much excitement in Sri Lanka. This is the pinnacle of the Sinhalese rule since 1948.

Mahila Wednesday, 29 December 2021 03:30 AM

Because there are not many (or even one Black woman) who have done this successfully. It is not material Black or White, but effort

Kussiamma Sera Wednesday, 29 December 2021 05:45 AM

But Zara, please do beware of Johnny-don't even look at him!!!

Hans Solo Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:00 AM

In the shadow of Emilia Earhart!

Billy Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:08 AM

Why all the fuss. Mahinda also went on a solo flight to Tirupathi.

Karu Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:09 AM

When she writes her flying experience hope she doesn't mention the long queues with empty gas cylinders seen from the sky

Seqi Wednesday, 29 December 2021 08:16 AM

meanwhile in Sri Lanka little planes have been falling from the sky......

Dinesh Wednesday, 29 December 2021 11:14 AM

Creating ideology among young Sri lankans to follow same

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