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Zara Rutherford, 19, is youngest woman to fly solo around world

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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford smiles after she landed with her Shark ultralight plane at the Egelsbach airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Jan.19.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford speaks during a media conference after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford speaks during a media conference after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford, left, is escorted as she flies her Shark ultralight plane, center, over the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford flies her Shark ultralight plane over the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford lands her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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A firetruck sprays the plane of Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford as she lands her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford waves from the cockpit after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford jubilates in the cockpit after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford holds up her certificates after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford smiles as she gets out of the cockpit after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford poses with the thumbs up after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford, center, poses with her family after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford speaks with journalists on the tarmac after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford, center, is greeted on the tarmac after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford, left, is embraced by her mother Beatrice after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford carries the Belgian and British flag on the tarmac after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Belgium-British teenage pilot Zara Rutherford walks on the tarmac with a British and Belgian flag after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Kortrijk, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 20.

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