Sunset Park grade school hosts ‘Flying Classroom’ event by Guinness Record-making aviator
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy in Sunset Park on Feb. 10 hosted a virtual journey with Capt. Barrington Irving, the first Black man to fly around the world solo.
At the time of his flight, he also was the youngest man to have circumnavigated the globe.
In 2007, Irving, then age 23, was able to set a Guinness World Record by his flight. He did it 97 days, 145 flight hours, with 27 stops in 13 countries. Before Irving’s achievement, the youngest person to have flown around the world solo was 37 years old.