A Belgian-British teenager waves from her plane before it takes off at an airfield. She is going to land in Kortrijk, Belgium in the hopes of becoming the youngest woman ever to complete a trek around the world. This file photo was taken in Virginia.
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When she tried to squeeze in between North Korean airspace and a massive cloud that could cut off her plane's passage, she met little as strange or frightening as she had been as a teenage pilot.
They test missiles once in a while without warning. She was just 15 minutes from flying over one of the last places one should not enter.
She asked her control team if she could cut the corner over the communist dictatorship to get to the city. They told you not to go into North Korean airspace. She didn't have to continue the crash course in applied geopolitics because the clouds cooperated.
She is set to land her single-seater Shark sport aircraft in Kortrijk, Belgium, on Monday, more than 150 days after setting out to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the world solo. Shaesta Waiz was 30 when she set the previous benchmark.
She has been flying in small planes since she was 6 and her parents are pilots. She started flying herself at 14 and spent about 130 hours on her solo flights in preparation for the record attempt.
With the final touchdown in a plane that looks like a fly among the giants parked at an airport like New York's JFK, the Belgian-British teenager wants to instill young women and girls worldwide with the spirit of aviation.
Only 5% of commercial pilots and 15% of computer scientists are women.
She said that the gender gap was huge.
After the canopy closed over her cockpit, lofty thoughts of global outreach faded as she focused on herself.
She would be able to use fancy navigation instruments to lead her through the night, but using visual flight rules meant she was even more at risk.
She crossed northern California from Palo Alto towards Seattle and saw the huge wildfires. She had to keep her eyes on the ground as she climbed up to 10,000 feet.
The smoke was building up and up, to the point that the whole cabin stank of smoke and I could not see anything but a burnished orange color. She had to make an emergency landing in California.
The light tricks her vision, sometimes making her doubt whether she saw mountains or clouds. Clouds are a big deal for me. Especially in Russia. Too much ice on her wings could cause her to lose control. She said that at that point your plane is no longer a plane.
She once saw only one village in six hours on a section of the route.
If something goes wrong, I am hours and hours away from rescue and it was -35 C (-31 F) on the ground. I don't know how long I can survive, I thought. She didn't have to find out.
The project would have been tough enough in normal times, but the Pandemic added another challenge.
The Chinese refused permission for the alternative plans to go over China because of COVID-19, which was frustrating because I am in the plane at 6,000 feet. If I could pass on this, I would be very impressed.
Bad weather, a flat tire and visa issues added two months to the project. The weather over the Balkans was so bad that it delayed her for days, and the AP spoke to her in Crete, Greece.
Which gave her time to think about fate. She said that fearing for your life puts things into perspective. A cloud could kill me.
She said that in wealthy nations, they grow up in a world with a lot of safety nets. There is no safety net when you fly over Alaska, Russia or Greenland. This is just me. There is no one here to help me if something is wrong.
The wider world has turned out to hold out more than fear. She spoke of the Saudi Arabian desert with its changing colors of sand and rock, the barrenness of northern Alaska, and the huge circular Apple Park in California.
She has come to appreciate simpler pleasures.
She said that before, it was about the grand adventure. I think that watching TV with your cat has special things as well. It is very unique.
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