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'{{More citations needed|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person |name=Barrington Irving |image= File:Barrington Irving.jpg |alt= Barrington Irving talks about his experiences as the first African-American and youngest person to fly solo around the world. |caption= Barrington Irving in 2008 |birth_name=Barrington Cheese Irving, Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hr110-661 |title=H. Res. 661 [110th&#93;: Honoring the accomplishments of Barrington Antonio Irving, the youngest pilot and first black man of... |publisher=GovTrack.us |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref> |birth_date={{birth date and age|1983|11|11}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Moore |first=Clayton |url=http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0709013 |title=Airport Journals |publisher=Airport Journals |date=1983-11-11 |accessdate=2012-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323132845/http://www.airportjournals.com/Display.cfm?varID=0709013 |archive-date=2012-03-23 }}</ref> |birth_place=[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicans.com/articles/primeinterviews/solofly.shtml |title=Interview With Barrington Irving Who Will Fly Solo Around The World (Jamaica) |date=August 2006 |publisher=Jamaicans.com |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref> |nationality=[[United States|American]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasaedge/NE00@Experience_Aviation.html |title=NASA - NE@Experience Aviation |publisher=Nasa.gov |date=2008-08-01 |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref><br />[[Jamaica]]n |known_for=Formerly youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo<ref>{{Cite news|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}}</ref><br />First [[Black people|black person]] to circumnavigate the world<ref>{{Cite news|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-->http://forums.jetcareers.com/threads/barrington-irving-completes-round-the-world-flight.47380/|format=<!--&ndash; ^{[http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3ASamuels+intitle%3AYo ung+pilot+completes+round-the-world+flight&as_publication=&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]}}}{{dead link|date=April 2009}}-->}}</ref> |awards=Jamaica - [[Order of Distinction]], Commander Class (2007)<ref>[http://www.jis.gov.jm/foreign_affairs/html/20071108T100000-0500_13442_JIS_BARRINGTON_IRVING_INDUCTED_INTO_AFRICAN_AMERICAN_LIBRARY.asp "Barrington Irving Inducted into African American Library"], November 9, 2007.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116121302/http://www.jis.gov.jm/foreign_affairs/html/20071108T100000-0500_13442_JIS_BARRINGTON_IRVING_INDUCTED_INTO_AFRICAN_AMERICAN_LIBRARY.asp |date=January 16, 2008 }}</ref><br />United States - [[110th United States Congress|110th Congress]], [[United States House of Representatives|House]] [[Resolution (law)|Resolution]] 601 (2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr661/show |title=H.Res.661: Honoring the accomplishments of Barrington Antonio Irving, the youngest pilot and first person of... OpenCongress |publisher=Opencongress.org |accessdate=2011-10-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727152147/http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr661/show |archive-date=2011-07-27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Published 18-Feb-08 |url=http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/2891/1/Youngest-Pilot-Jamaican-Barrington-Irving-Honoured-by-US-Congress/Page1.html |title=Youngest Pilot Jamaican Barrington Irving Honoured by US Congress |publisher=Caribbeanpressreleases.com |date=2008-02-18 |accessdate=2011-10-31}}</ref> }} '''Barrington Irving''' (born November 11, 1983) is a Jamaican-born American pilot who previously held the record for the youngest person to pilot a plane [[circumnavigation|around the world]] [[wiktionary:solo|solo]], a feat he accomplished in 2007. He is also the first [[Black people|black person]] and first Jamaican to accomplish this feat. His airplane, a Columbia 400 ([[Cessna 400|Cessna Corvalis 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. ==Early life and education== Irving was born in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], and grew up in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pilot Eyes the World|agency=Associated Press|date=2007-03-23}}</ref> He is a graduate of [[Miami Northwestern Senior High School]]. He turned down multiple football scholarship offers with his sights set on aviation, studying at [[Broward Community College]] and [[Florida Memorial University]], where he graduated with honors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.coseboc.org/gol18-barrington-irving |title=Barrington Irving {{!}} Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color |website=www.coseboc.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016171941/https://www.coseboc.org/gol18-barrington-irving |archive-date=2019-10-16}} </ref> ==Career== After graduation, he founded Experience Aviation, a [[non-profit organization]] dedicated to empowering [[minority group|minority]] youth to pursue careers in [[aviation]]. His airplane, the "Inspiration", has been registered to Experience Aviation since 2006.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} Irving's record was broken in 2012 by the 22-year-old Swiss [[Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot)|Carlo Schmid]] and in 2014 by 19-year-old [[Matt Guthmiller]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MIT student finishes record flight around the world - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/07/15/mit-student-finishes-record-flight-around-world/atLykeGn1JvPPWXhpdEPKP/story.html |website=BostonGlobe.com |accessdate=8 February 2019}}</ref> ==Awards and recognition== In 2007 Barrington received a Congressional Resolution for his pioneering work in education in technology. In 2012 he was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. Among other honors, he holds the NASA Trailblazer Award, the Guinness World Record and the [[National Business Aviation Association|NBAA]] 2019 American Spirit Award. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.experienceaviation.org/ Experience Aviation] - includes GPS-enabled flight tracker *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120207011424/http://www.uvuvideo.org/ uVu] - exclusive video highlights of historic trip; keyword search: Barrington {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Irving, Barrington}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Aviators from Florida]] [[Category:Jamaican emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:Jamaican people of American descent]] [[Category:People from Miami]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of Distinction]] [[Category:American aviation record holders]] [[Category:Broward College alumni]] {{China-bio-stub}} {{Jamaica-bio-stub}}'