Mack Rutherford, a 17 year old pilot, is attempting to become the youngest person to fly around the globe solo. Rutherford left Sophia, Bulgaria on March 23.
He recently flew his Shark ultralight plane down the Aleutian Chain, landing at Attu, Shemya Island, and Adak. Rutherford arrived at Unalaska on August 1. When I last checked his online tracker, Rutherford was in Ketchikan, following the coast down to Mexico. Although, by now, Mack has no doubt moved further on down the coast.
The young, Belgian-Brit Adventurer is expecting to complete his circumnavigation by the end of August.
To follow along with Mack’s global flight, his website is: http://www.macksolo.com
August 6th, 2022 at 12:17 PM
A) I had never heard of Unalaska. Is it Alaska run by the UN? 😉 Or is not Alaska enough? 😉
B) The kid is half Belgian! But I didn’t read anything about his adventure in Belgian media :o.
August 6th, 2022 at 7:24 PM
And you found the story on an Alaskan blog! According to his bio, Rutherford has lived his entire life in Belgium. Your media needs to get its act together…
August 7th, 2022 at 10:23 AM
They do indeed!
August 24th, 2022 at 10:42 AM
He did it! And it’s in the (online) newspapers!
August 24th, 2022 at 7:26 PM
Awesome! Thanks for the update. Quite the accomplishment
August 24th, 2022 at 10:58 PM
It is indeed!