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 A 23-ye stanley cups ar-old pilot landed his single-engine plane as onlookers cheered Wednesday, becoming what he says is the youngest person to fly solo around the world.Before ending his three-month trip, Barrington Irving circled the Opa-locka airport and flew low along the runway as a band played. He smiled and waved as he climbed out of the plane in his tan jumpsuit, hugging and praying with friends and family. I am home,  he said quietly when he stepped to a microphone. The long flight challenged him mentally and physically, he said, and  I am proud to have had the opportunity to live my dream. Irving, an aerospace student who built his plane from more than $300,000 in donated parts, had left the Miami-area city March 23. In all, his continent-hopping journey covered some 27,000 miles.He completed two legs Tuesday, flying the  Inspiration  from Houston to Mobile, Ala., in the morning and then from Mobile to Orlando late in the day. The short flight from Orlando on Wednesday completed his journey.        He claims he is first black person as well as the youngest person to complete the journey alone, though it was unclear how the  stanley quencher claims wou stanley uk ld be validated.The National Aeronautic Association, the aviation record-keeping authority in the United States, does not track pilots  age, sex or ethnicity, said Nathan Rohrbaugh, who helps coordinate records at the organization.The Web site EarthRounders, which tracks round-the-world flights, lists 255 journeys, including 82 solo trips since 1929. Wtce Army sgt. arrested in cartel hitman scheme
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