Let's Fly!
Barrington Irving's Record-Breaking Flight Around the World
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Let's Fly!
Narrated by:
Barrington Irving
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Narrated by:
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Barrington Irving
About this listen
As a kid, Barrington Irving moved from Jamaica to Miami and played football—his ticket to success, he thought. But then Captain Gary Robinson swooped into his life. Barrington had never seen a Black pilot before. Captain Robinson showed Barrington a jet, a cockpit, and what it was like to actually fly a plane—
WHOAAA!
After that, Barrington had big plans, and two words:
Let's Fly!
Barrington Irving worked hard to become a pilot, and even harder to inspire other people to think big too. How big? A flight around the WORLD big. Climb aboard for the true story of how Barrington Irving went from tinkering kid to towering pilot and flew solo around the world—breaking records as the youngest person and first Black man ever to do it.
Buckle up! Sky-high dreams ahead.
“Rich and inspiring . . . Will have young flying enthusiasts riveted.” —SLJ
“High-octane [and] heroic. —Booklist.
“Uplifting . . . Will put the wind under readers’ wings.” —Kirkus
Critic Reviews
“Energetic illustrations effectively convey the narrator’s personal drive, ambitions, achievements, the wonders of flight, and diagrams. . . . This rich and inspiring true story will have young flying enthusiasts riveted.” —School Library Journal
“Uplifting [and] attractive . . . Will put the wind under readers’ wings.” —Kirkus
“High-octane [and] heroic . . . An afterword and time line supply more detail about [Captain Barrington Irving’s] flight and his subsequent work with young people. —Booklist.
“Uplifting [and] attractive . . . Will put the wind under readers’ wings.” —Kirkus
“High-octane [and] heroic . . . An afterword and time line supply more detail about [Captain Barrington Irving’s] flight and his subsequent work with young people. —Booklist.
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