Teenage pilot aims to break sister’s round-the-world solo flight record

Mack Rutherford, 16, with his sister Zara, 19, at Biggin Hill airport, south of London. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

A little sibling rivalry is common in most families. But within a family of aviators, one child aiming to beat a world record held by his sibling could be seen to be taking it to the next level.

Mack Rutherford, a 16-year-old British-Belgian pilot, will begin his attempt to become the youngest person to fly across the world solo in a small plane on 17 March.