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We are meeting a Jamaican pilot who has recently become the youngest ever man to fly solo around the globe. The twenty-three-year-old Barrington Irving Junior began his journey in March this year in Florida, where he's lived since the age of six, and - three months later - finished it in the same place.

But why and how did he decide to become a pilot in the first place? And what did it feel like to fly without anyone's help while facing some extreme weather conditions? Find out here! (Original interview by Fred Dove.)

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Vocabulary from the programme

to fly solo
to be the only pilot in a plane, to fly without anyone's help

to introduce
to make familiar with

to approach
to make contact with

to mentor
to teach and coach on a daily basis, usually by example

to turn sixteen
to grow to become a sixteen-year-old

to dodge
to try to avoid something that may affect you badly

to stay within your limits
to know how much you can do and make sure you don't try to do more

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