Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot)

Stops of Carlo Schmid's flight

Carlo Schmid is a Swiss pilot.^[1]

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.^[1] The 110-hour^[1] flight of his Cessna 210^[1] lasted 80 days from July 11 to September 29, 2012.^[2] The flight concluded with a landing at Dübendorf Air Base, accompanied by the PC-7 Team of the Swiss Air Force.^[2]

In 2014, Schmid's record was broken by 19-tear-old Matt Guthmiller.^[3]

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^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Solo pilot who made stopover in Oman breaks world record". Muscat Daily. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Emotionaler Empfang für jüngsten Weltumflieger". NZZ (in German). September 29, 2012.
^ "MIT student finishes record flight around the world - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

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[MENAFN-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "Solo pilot who made stopover in Oman breaks world record". Muscat Daily. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2012.

[NZZ-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Emotionaler Empfang für jüngsten Weltumflieger". NZZ (in German). September 29, 2012.

[3] "MIT student finishes record flight around the world - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 8 February 2019.

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