Barrington Irving

Barrington Irving

Barrington A. Irving, Jr. is the youngest person to pilot a plane around the world . He is also the first black person and first Jamaican to accomplish this feat. As of 2007, he was an aerospace student at Florida Memorial University. His airplane, a Columbia 400, is named the "Inspiration", and was manufactured and assembled by the Columbia Aircraft Mfg. Co. in 2005, classified as a standard aircraft in the utility category using over $300,000 in donated parts.

Mr. Irving was born in Jamaica, and grew up in the Miami, Florida. [cite news | url = | title = Pilot Eyes the World | publisher = Associated Press | date = 2007-03-23 | accessdate = 2007-03-24 ] He is a graduate of Miami Northwestern High School. Mr. Irving turned down multiple football scholarship offers with his sights set on aviation. He later founded Experience Aviation, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering minority youth to pursue careers in aviation. His airplane, the "Inspiration", has been registered to Experience Aviation since 2006.

Mr. Irving started his journey on March 23 2007 in the Opa-locka Airport located near Miami, planning to complete the trip in 41 days. [cite news | last = James-Johnson | first = Alva | title = Young pilot has a global mission | publisher = Sun-Sentinel | date = 2007-03-23 | url = http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pncpilot23mar23,0,1912433.story | accessdate = 2007-03-24 ]

The first two stops on his itinerary were Cleveland and Long Island. [cite news | title = Soaring to several firsts | publisher = Newsday | date = 2007-03-26 | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-lifly265145895mar26,0,6996430.story?coll=ny-linews-print | accessdate = 2007-03-27 ]

On June 27 2007, Mr. Irving completed his flight around the world, after 97 days of travel. [Citation|last=Samuels|first=Robert|title=Young pilot completes round-the-world flight|newspaper=Miami Herald|date=2007-06-27|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/152926.html] [Citation|title=Young Pilot Ends Round-The-World Solo Trip|newspaper=CBS News|date=2007-06-27|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/27/national/main2989520.shtml]

References

External links

* [http://www.experienceaviation.org/ Experience Aviation] - includes GPS-enabled flight tracker
* [http://barringtonirving.spaces.live.com/ Barrington Irving blog]
* [http://uvu.channel2.org/ uVu] - exclusive video highlights of historic trip; keyword search: Barrington


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