Jump on board "the Shark" and join 19-year-old Zara Rutherford on her solo flight around the globe.
Over the stretch of five months, this brave young explorer witnessed ice caps, volcanoes, glaciers, bolts of lightning, the equator, wildfires, freezing temperatures, remote stretches of sky, smog, hundreds of camels roaming the deserts, thunderstorms, typhoons, turbulence, air pollution, and more.
Keeping the solo adventurer company on her trip were the people she met each time she landed. Despite taking five months, this treacherous, exciting, and exhilarating journey actually made Zara realize that the planet is not so big after all and is something we need to take care of.
So come and learn the lingo of the air and be inspired by the young woman who wants to make aviation and science much more accessible for females everywhere. Zara Rutherford is the world's youngest female pilot to complete a solo trip around the world. At the age of 19, during her gap year, she decided to just go for it, and she worked hard to find sponsors, raise the necessary money, source the right type of plane, and plan the route she would take around the globe. Growing up as the daughter of pilots, Zara has always been familiar with the world of aviation, but this ambitious feat seemed impossible before she put her mind to it and decided that she had nothing to lose. Having achieved this incredible feat at just 19, who knows what Zara will do next?
