Aviation History by a Caribbean brother

[Bakes]

...at any rate

Black pilot youngest to fly solo around world

From correspondents in Miami
June 28, 2007 02:58am


A 23-YEAR-OLD Jamaican-American today became the youngest person and the first black pilot to fly solo around the globe as he glided into Miami after a three-month journey he hopes will be an inspiration to inner-city kids.
A crowd of about 2000 people erupted in cheers as Barrington Irving landed at Miami's Opa Locka airport after flying a few low passes over the tarmac.

“I'm home,” a jubilant Mr Irving said.

“The flight was a long flight that challenged me mentally and physically,” he said.

Mr Irving had initially hoped to complete his voyage in about one month, but took three times as long as he braved sandstorms, snowstorms and a tropical storm.

He flew a single-engine Columbia 400, which he built with more than $US300,000 ($355,260) in donated components.

The Jamaican-born aerospace student hopes the trip will be an inspiration to children in poor, urban neighbourhoods.

“I want to show them they can do more with their lives than resort to violence,” said Irving.




Dorothy Johnson cheers as she watches Barrington Irving Jr. land at the Opa Locka airport as the 23-year-old arrives home to become what is being billed as the youngest person and first black pilot to circumnavigate the globe solo. Irving completed the trip in three months aboard the single engine Columbia 400 aircraft named "Inspiration."

[pecan]

Internationally, Jamaica and Jamaicans are more widely known tha trinis.

Primarily due to it's proximity to the US...an Bob Marley of course.

aye B n S

TTFF_Saddist is long gorn from here - he get deleted although he may be lurking under a different name

[Dutty]

Congrats to Barrington Irving...hell of a feat 


What I find even more amazing than his actual flight is HOW he acquire dat plane






ay ah just notice just be fore ah log on...it have 10 users in here...and 280 guests....who de hell is all dem setta people peepin in tallman and dem front window??

Jackular watchin allyuh

[Bakes]

Internationally, Jamaica and Jamaicans are more widely known tha trinis.

Primarily due to it's proximity to the US...an Bob Marley of course.

aye B n S

TTFF_Saddist is long gorn from here - he get deleted although he may be lurking under a different name

lol@ "he get deleted"...dat sound like sumting outta 'Logan's Run'...lol

[pecan]

Internationally, Jamaica and Jamaicans are more widely known tha trinis.

Primarily due to it's proximity to the US...an Bob Marley of course.

aye B n S

TTFF_Saddist is long gorn from here - he get deleted although he may be lurking under a different name

lol@ "he get deleted"...dat sound like sumting outta 'Logan's Run'...lol

yuh musbe be ole like me to remember Logan's Run

either dat or yuh parents use to watch it all de time when yuh was a boy

I tink TTFT_Sadist is one a dem guests

[Bakes]

Internationally, Jamaica and Jamaicans are more widely known tha trinis.

Primarily due to it's proximity to the US...an Bob Marley of course.

aye B n S

TTFF_Saddist is long gorn from here - he get deleted although he may be lurking under a different name

lol@ "he get deleted"...dat sound like sumting outta 'Logan's Run'...lol

yuh musbe be ole like me to remember Logan's Run

either dat or yuh parents use to watch it all de time when yuh was a boy

I tink TTFT_Sadist is one a dem guests

Yeah, I one-up on Capo...or one and ah half nearly.

Back den everyting in Trini was re-runs but Logan's Run still wasn't that ole then.

[Peong]

I heard on the news that they can't confirm that he's the youngest or the first black man to do it becuz they don't record that info.

In any case, like Dutty, I find the most amazing part is that he got the plane even though he had no money.
Very impressive.
Good example for all the poor youths out there.