After 150 days, solo teen flier set for touchdown

Brussels, January 17

As teenage pilot Zara Rutherford flew in a record-challenging global odyssey, she met little as strange or scary as when she tried to squeeze in between North Korean airspace and a massive cloud threatening to cut off passage for her ultralight plane.

At the age of 19, she is set to land her single-seater Shark sport aircraft in Kortrijk, Belgium, later on Monday, more than 150 days after setting out to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the world solo. American aviator Shaesta Waiz was 30 when she set the previous benchmark. Flying runs in her blood since both her parents are pilots and she has been traveling in small planes since she was 6. — AP