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'{{Short description|Jamaican-born American aviator}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person |name=Barrington yo momma 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 person 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== On 23 March 2007, while still an undergrad student at Florida Memorial University, Irving embarked in his airplane, "Inspiration", from Miami, Florida. He arrived back on 27 June 2007, having completed the 24,600-mile circumnavigation at 23-years of age. After graduation, he founded Experience Aviation, a [[non-profit organization]] dedicated to empowering [[minority group|minority]] youth to pursue careers in [[aviation]]. 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 pilot [[Carlo Schmid (Swiss pilot)|Carlo Schmid]], in 2014 by 19-year-old American pilot [[Matt Guthmiller]]<ref>{{cite web |title=MIT student finishes record flight around the world |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/07/15/mit-student-finishes-record-flight-around-world/atLykeGn1JvPPWXhpdEPKP/story.html |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref> and in 2022 by 17-year old British-Belgian pilot Mack Rutherford.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cassidy |first=Amy |date=2022-08-24 |title=Teenage pilot becomes youngest person to fly solo around the globe |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/europe/mack-rutherford-youngest-fly-around-world-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CNN |language=en}}</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}}'