Matching Pairs Barrington IrvingOnline version Potatoes by almaekia alkiaros 1 2 3 4 5 6 In 1983, Irving was born in Jamaica and moved to Miami, Florida. In 2007,Irving became the youngest person at that time to fly solo around the world. In college, he wanted to share his love of flying, so he visited schools to talk about aviation. In 2002, Irving got a scholarship to go to a college for aviation. In 2005,Irving started an organization to get poor young people interested in flying. In 1998, while Irving was working at a bookstore, he met an airline pilot who took him to sit on a pilot’s seat.