17-Year-Old Is Youngest to Fly Around the World

By: Meg Wilson, Sept. 15 2022

     17-Year-Old Is Youngest to Fly Around the World

Have you ever wanted to fly a plane? Well, Mack Rutherford did not give up on his dreams according to newsforkids.net Mack Rutherford says “crossing the Pacific Ocean was the most difficult part of the trip”. After a 10-hour flight from Japan, he had to land – just as it was getting dark – on an island with no one else. I spent the night in an old shed beside the runway.”

Mack’s route took him over Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. He visited 30 countries in all and crossed the equator twice – which is required to set the Guinness World Record. In all of it, he covered 33,630 miles! Though Mack thought his trip was going to take two to three months, he had to change his plans. In some places, he had long delays in getting permission to fly. Other problems made even bigger changes to his flight plan.

Avi Grile says, “I think flying a plane would be could but flying around the world would be even cooler!”

Ben Welch says,” I think flying a plane would be really cool I’ve actually been in one before and it was really cool.”

Ella Johnson says,” I think flying around the world is a waste of resources and money.”

What do you think about flying around the world? I think It would be really cool but also would take a long time to do, but still cool.