Zara Rutherford will visit 52 countries spanning five continents and will take around three months to complete her record breaking attempt.
Sittingbourne based Eurobond Adhesives is sponsoring Zara Rutherford in her attempt to become the youngest female pilot to fly solo around the world.
The 19-year-old's adventure will begin when she takes off from Kortrijk airfield in Belgium in her two-seat Shark microlight aircraft at 10:30am on the 18 August. Her stated aim and motivation for the trip is “to inspire young people, in particular girls, to engage in science, technology, engineering and maths subjects at school and to motivate them to enter into technical or scientific careers”.
Rutherford will visit 52 countries spanning five continents and will take around three months to complete her record breaking attempt.
Eurobond Adhesives’ Managing Director Simon Dearing, said: “Zara is a truly remarkable and courageous young woman and is a great role model, especially so for other young women. Our business shares much in common with Zara: embracing cutting edge technology, pushing boundaries and challenging science.
"Seventy per cent of the Eurobond workforce is female and everyone here will be following her world record attempt with a keen eye. We wish her a safe and successful trip.”
