Wings Over Rockies Museum hosted `Experience Aviation with Barrington Irving` for the Denver and Aurora Public Schools on October 8th and 9th.

Over 500 middle school students from Aurora Public Schools gathered at the
Wings Over the Rockies Museum on Tuesday October 9 to take part in various
Aviation Experiences, such as, Build and Fly a Glider, Climb into an
Aircraft Cockpit, Learn About World Record Kites, Learn About the Air
Force Academy, Meet the Tuskegee Airmen, Take a Flight in our
Simulators, Test the Wright Flyer, and Discover Careers in Aviation.
But the biggest thrill was greeting and talking to Barrington Irving as he
deplaned from a helicopter landing in the parking lot. On March 23, 2007,
Barrington Irving a 23-year old senior majoring in aerospace at Florida
Memorial University, climbed into a single-engine plane called
Inspiration and embarked on a 26,800-mile, round-the-world flight. When
he returned to Miami on June 27th, he was celebrated for setting two world
records: he is the first person of African descent and the youngest person
ever to fly solo around the globe. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised
in inner-city Miami, Irving explained how he hopes his historic flight will
inspire other young people to resist the negative influences of the streets
and work toward their dreams.

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