Carlo Schmid is a

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pilot. In 2012 he became the youngest solo pilot to fly around the world at the age of 22, breaking the previous record held by

Barrington Irving Captain Barrington Irving Jr. CD (born November 11, 1983) is a Jamaican-born American pilot who previously held the record for the youngest person to pilot a plane around the world solo, a feat he accomplished in 2007. He is also the first black ...

. The 110-hour flight of his Cessna 210 lasted 80 days from July 11 to September 29, 2012. The flight concluded with a landing at

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, accompanied by the PC-7 Team of the

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. In 2014, Schmid's record was broken by 19-year-old Matt Guthmiller and in 2022 by 17-year old British-Belgian pilot Mack Rutherford.

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Official Website

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

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