{"id":293830,"date":"2026-06-03T00:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293830\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T00:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T00:53:14","slug":"aviation-pioneer-visits-lauderdale-lakes-school-to-inspire-next-generation-of-explorers-at-graduation-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/293830\/","title":{"rendered":"Aviation pioneer visits Lauderdale Lakes school to inspire next generation of explorers at graduation &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A South Florida aviation pioneer stopped by a school in Lauderdale Lakes to inspire students to reach for the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Captain Barrington Irving visited Park Lakes Elementary School, spending time with students in class, Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Irving made history as the youngest person and first Black pilot to circumnavigate the world on his own in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Now at 37-years-old, Irving hopes to encourage younger generations to follow their passions to innovate and explore the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I just wanted to fly around the world to inspire others and say: \u2018Hey, the aviation industry, we need people. Twenty years ago, we needed people, and we need even more people today.\u2019 And there\u2019s so many career opportunities for young people right here in their backyard at Lauderdale Lakes,\u201d said Irving.<\/p>\n<p>Irving\u2019s visit began at Barrington Irving\u2019s Bridge of Educational Excellence, which connects nearby Vincent Torres Park to the school and was named in his honor in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Irving then spoke with students and parents who were present for the school\u2019s graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; A South Florida aviation pioneer stopped by a school in Lauderdale Lakes to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-293830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}