Patient
to Pilot
Pilot
'Round the
World · 2025
From a hospital bed to the cockpit
Diagnosed with Crohn's disease at fourteen, Byron Waller refused to let chronic illness write his flight plan. By fourteen he had become the youngest pilot to circumnavigate Australia.
A year later, at fifteen, he flew around the world in a four-seat Sling TSi, the youngest person in history to pilot a plane around the globe. 39 legs. 5 continents. 19 countries. One teenager flying for the millions of young people living quietly with invisible illness. Now based between Los Angeles, USA and Brisbane, Australia.
Next: North Pole to South Pole, 2027.
Byron's next adventure is a pole-to-pole crossing of the planet in 2027, flown for the Teen Pilot Foundation — a registered Australian charity (ACN 700 252 562 · ABN 31 700 252 562) built for the kids on the other side of the ward door. Planning is underway now. If you want to be part of the mission, contact us at ops@byronwaller.com — or keep checking this website to learn more.
Arctic to Antarctic in a single mission. Routes, aircraft and weather windows in planning now.
Hospital programs, STEM lessons and lived-experience mentoring in every host country along the route.
Founding partners, hospitals, schools and country hosts are being signed for 2027. There's a seat at the table.
