"40.972 kilometers in 44 days": 18-year-old Travis Ludlow is the youngest pilot to fly alone around the world
An 18-year-old pilot broke the Guinness World Record and became the youngest teenager to fly around the world alone in a single-engine plane, writes "BBC".
Travis Ludlow, of Aibston, Buckinghamshire, landed in the Netherlands on Tuesday after spending 44 days completing a journey of 24,900 miles (40.072 km).
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At 18, he was 13 days younger than the previous record holder. Young Ludlow says it is a "strange feeling".
"It feels weird - here I am, I've arrived and I have nothing to worry about tomorrow - it 's weird," said the young pilot.
Ladlow started flying at just 12 years old and became the youngest glider pilot in the UK at 14 years old.
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His 2001 Cessna 172R flew through Europe, Russia and the Americas before returning to Canada, Greenland and Iceland. The planned trip consisted of 60 stops across nine countries.
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