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First Black pilot to fly solo around the world teaches teens at SFO
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Yesterday at SFO, Captain Barrington Irving celebrated the first cohort of Bay Area students in his tuition-free aviation training program.
In 2007, Captain Irving set two world records when his plane touched down in Miami after a 97 day journey around the globe.
He was the youngest person, and the first Black pilot, to fly solo around the world.
"That's how I used street hustle to get my hands on a $650,000 single-engine airplane to fly around the world," said Irving.
Captain Irving says that’s exactly the point.