A few weeks ago Mike Singer went to Miami to watch 23-year old Barrington Irving take off on his around-the-world flight. We've been working with Barrington as an offical sponsor of his trip, so Mike wanted to be there for the launch event.

"Watching Barrington take off into the late-morning sky," Mike writes, "watching him make several low passes in the fastest certified single-engine piston plane in the world, watching him finally leap into the sky and turn north as thousands of kids watched--this was without a doubt one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen."

You can read more on Mike’s blog.