Infographic: Teenage pilot on track for solo round-the-world record
His trip is on a Cessna 172R, regarded as the safest single engine aircraft ever built
Travis Ludlow, from Buckinghamshire, England, departed Teuge in The Netherlands on May 29, heading east across Europe via Poland, before flying through Russia, Alaska and Canada. As of June 28, he is currently in Tampa, Florida in the United States.
His remaining hops will take him up the Eastern Seaboard via New York, then back into Canada, before continuing on to Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, UK, France and Belgium – landing back in the Netherlands on July 7.
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