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Barbados, Jamaica: Flight Record

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
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Posted 25 June 2007 18 years ago

“Gotta love this guy because he is almost THE poster child for ‘I can do anything if I put my mind to it.'” Barbados Free Press applauds the efforts of 23 year-old Jamaican Barrington Irving, soon to become the youngest pilot ever to fly around the world solo.

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