Barrington Irving, C.D. (born November 11, 1983) 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.

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  • Barrington Irving, C.D. (born November 11, 1983) 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. 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.
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  • Jamaica - Order of Distinction, Commander Class |Resolution 601 (2007)
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  • March 23 - June 27, 2007 (97 days)
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  • Barrington Antonio Irving, Jr.
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  • Youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo
    First black to circumnavigate the world
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  • Barrington Irving
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  • Barrington Irving, C.D. (born November 11, 1983) 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.
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  • Barrington Irving
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