Successful bet for Mack Rutherford (MackSolo): he becomes the youngest pilot to have flown around the world alone ! His plane: a Shark with Rotax 912 engine (100hp) and E-Props ground adjustable pitch propeller Durandal.
A few statistics about this epic journey : * Total time of circumnavigation: 142 days (= 5 months + 1 day) * Total distance: 29225 Nm (54124 km) * Total time in the air: 221 hours * Average speed = 245 km/h * Takeoffs/Landings: 68 * Longest flight: 10 hours [Japan-USA] * Longest flight over water: 10 hours [Japan-USA] * Highest altitude: 12500 ft [Mexico] * Continents visited: 4 * Countries visited: 30 * Highest temperature: +48 C° * Lowest temperature: -12 C° * Age at time of record: 17 years, 2 months and 2 days [previous record holder: Travis Ludlow: 18 years & 5 months] * Aircraft: Shark, Engine Rotax 912S, Propeller E-Props Durandal Mack's sister, Zara, flew around the world on the same plane the year before. Propellers comparative: - Zara, with a Woodcomp 2-blade inflight variable pitch propeller, flew 52,080 km in 260 h in 68 flights. Average speed = 200 km/h - Mack, with an E-Props 3-blade ground adjustable pitch propeller, flew 54,124 km in 221 h in 71 flights. Average speed = 245 km/h Of course the route was not the same, but everything else was identical: it's the same plane and the same engine. What a difference in performance! 😁
All information here : MACKSOLO
E-PROPS sponsor of this adventure
Articles: New York Time / BBC News / CBS News
Congratulations Mack, and thank you so much for this wonderful adventure!