Irving

Jamaica may soon make it into the record books again, this time for something you might not expect.

Barrington Irving, a 22-year-old Jamaican-born resident of the United States, is set to fly solo around the world starting on September 1. Now others have flown solo around the world before, but if all goes as planned, Irving would be the youngest to fly solo. He would also be the first of African descent to complete the trip.

Start from Jamaica

Irving will begin his flight from Jamaica and head eastbound making stops in the Azores, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Dubai, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, China, Japan and Russia.

Irving attended the Florida Memorial University where he studied aeronautical science. He received the Florida Memorial/U.S. Air Force Right Awareness Scholarship and the Florida Bright Future Scholarship.

He was born in Kingston, but he and his family lived at Friendship Meadows, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, before moving to Miami Gardens in the U.S. when Irving was six years old.