The youngest person to fly solo around Australia

The youngest person to fly solo around Australia

Jennifer Hunt aged 15 years and 8 months, is the youngest pilot to fly 17,000km around the coastline of Australia.

Jennifer with her three month old puppy 'Bella' set off from Emkaytee (MKT) Darwin, Northern Territory at midday on September the 7th and in her Super Petrel LS aircraft, registration 23-2777 an amphibious biplane she concluded her circumnavigation at 4.30pm on September the 30th, 2025.

Feeling a mixture of pride, gratitude and amazement Jennifer had achieved her goal and the dream that she had worked so hard for.

 

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