Nearly Home: Teen Pilot Lands in Germany on Global Flight

Nearly Home: Teen Pilot Lands in Germany on Global Flight
Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford smiles after she landed with her Shark ultralight plane at the Egelsbach airport in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan.19, 2022. Michael ProbstAP Photo
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EGELSBACH, Germany—Teenage pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Germany on Wednesday on the penultimate stop of her bid to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo.

Hopefully one day away from sealing the record, the Belgian-British 19-year-old said that she’s looking forward to getting home after “a long five months.”