19-Year-Old Is Youngest Woman To Fly Solo Around The World

摘要

Adverse weather caused the flight to take over 2 months longer than planned, including delays of a month in Alaska and even longer in Russia. She flew about 27,500 NM (～51,000 km), spending ～260 hrs airborne. Zara's Czechoslovak Shark ultralight aircraft has a tandem 2-seat cockpit. Composite-built, its maximum weight is 600 kg - the maximum for an ultralight; wingspan is 7.9 m and the undercarriage retracts.The Rotax 100 HP engine and variable-pitch prop give an optimum cruising speed of around 140 kt (260 km/hr). Fuel capacity is 1001 and economic cruise uses around 15 I/hr.