The transcontinental lightplane flight of7-year-old Jessica Dubroff was strictly a made-for-TV event fromthe outset. Although billed as an attempt to "set the record"for the youngest pilot ever to make such a flight, there was norecord at stake here. Neither the National Aeronautics Associationnor even the Guiness Book of World Records recognizes such"youngest pilot" feats.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/features/the-jessica-bill-nice-work-aopa-and-eaa