June 29

Jamaican Pilot Sets Two WORLD Records

Posted by KPope

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Barrington Irving Jr, a 23 year old, Jamaican born pilot broke two world records when he arrived at the Opa-Locka airport in Miami yesterday morning. Irving Jr. becomes the:

*1st person of African Descent and youngest person ever to fly solo around the globe

He traversed 4 continents, clocking over 130 hours of flight time on a 97 day, 26,800 mile flight that included stops in Spain, Greece, Egypt, Dubai, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Congrats Barrington…here is another major accomplishment to add to our rich Black History!

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