Meet Our Team
Flying Classroom follows the global STEM+ expeditions of Captain Irving, creates programs for the workforce industry, and provides STEM+ curriculum to over 1,200 K-12 schools across the United States. Our supplemental curriculum is aligned to National STEM standards, State and Federal standards, and 21st Century standards. Now, Flying Classroom is growing beyond it’s K-12 curriculum, and delving into adult training.
MEET CAPTAIN IRVING
In 2007 Barrington Irving set two world records, becoming the youngest person, at 23, and the first black pilot to fly solo around the world. Born in Jamaica and brought up in inner-city Miami, he is founder and president of Experience Aviation, a national nonprofit that provides hands-on, STEM+ programs and career guidance to middle and high school students. He is also founder and CEO of The Flying Classroom, an educational resource company that offers a K-12 STEM+ curriculum, based on his 75 STEM+ expeditions in over 70 countries, currently taught in schools nationwide.
A graduate of Florida Memorial University, Captain Irving received a Congressional Resolution in 2007 for his contributions to aviation education and was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2012. Among his many honors, he holds the NASA Trailblazer Award, the Guinness World Record as the youngest person to fly solo around the world, and the 2019 American Spirit Award from the National Business Aviation Association.