Mack Rutherford, a 17-year-old man, who seeks to break the world record as the youngest person to fly solo around the world, landed today in Puerto Vallarta where he was received with mariachi music and traditional foods from the city.
On behalf of Mayor Luis Alberto Michel Rodríguez, he was welcomed to the city by the director of Tourism and Economic Development, Ludvig Estrada Virgen, who told him that he had arrived in one of the most symbolic states of Mexico as the mariachi band played.
Estrada Virgen was accompanied by Joy Castelazo Rodríguez, director of the College of Aviator Pilots of Mexico, as well as Captain Enrique Tron Berenguer, general director of Aerotron, whose hangar the ultralight arrived at, in the civil aviation area of the air terminal.
The young man of British descent, but who has lived all his life in Belgium, took off on March 2022 when he was still 16 years old, looking to break the current world record, held by an 18-year-old.
At the age of 17, he has already traveled five continents and his journey is carried out aboard a high-performance ultralight aircraft manufactured in Europe, which reaches 300 km / h, and has been specially designed for this trip.
“I have been flying all my life and after being inspired by my sister Zara and my family, I will try to break the world record for the youngest person to fly solo around the world,” says young Mack.
“I want to take the opportunity to meet young people on my route who are doing amazing things, making a difference in their communities or even the world. Often few people know about them. Together we can show that young people make a difference,” he adds.
He spent the night in Puerto Vallarta and will continue his journey today, Wednesday, August 10, to Texas and New York, in the United States, continue through Canada, Greenland, and Iceland, to cross the Atlantic to Scotland before continuing through England to Belgium, and return to Sofia, his starting point.
