Mack Rutherford wants to fly around the world alone at the age of 16

He’s ready to go. 16-year-old British-Belgian junior pilot Mack Rutherford wants to become the youngest male pilot to fly solo around the world. His great journey is to begin in the spring. And the ultralight aircraft, with which the teenager wants to fly around the world, is one of the fastest in the world according to manufacturer data. The teenager flies in the slipstream, so to speak, of his sister Zara Rutherford, who is three years his senior. This had delivered a similar record flight a few weeks ago. And thus holds the world record of the youngest female pilot for the circumnavigation. “It’s really exciting to think that I’m about to do something incredible. But it’s also a little bit like I’m wondering, did I do everything right? Did I prepare? Did I? But yeah, I am now Pretty confident I’m ready.” Mack Rutherford has said he’s wanted to be a pilot since he was three years old, and his father Sam, with whom he’s on this plane, is a big part of that, as is his mother Pilot He just loves to fly, says the young pilot: “I just love the freedom. For example, when you’re in the car you know you’re restricted by the streets, you have to turn right at that point, you have to stay in that lane. But in the air you can basically fly wherever you want. You’re only a bit limited in airspace here and there. But other than that, you can fly where you want, at any speed and at any altitude you want, and that’s really nice.” Mack Rutherford has been a pilot since 2020 and has accumulated hundreds of hours of flight time, including two transatlantic flights Experiences that will surely help him in his record attempt.