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.
The world flight was the start. The foundation is the work.
Byron founded the Teen Pilot Foundation so the flight would outlive the headlines: a registered Australian company limited by guarantee (ACN 700 252 562 · ABN 31 700 252 562) built for the kids on the other side of the ward door. Programs are live in Australia, expanding to the USA and Canada.
Teen Pilot Foundation Limited — registered, governed by constitution, ACNC charity status pending.
The next flight is on the drawing board: routes, aircraft and hospital partners being locked in now with the founding circle.
Founding partners, hospitals, schools and country hosts are being signed for this next chapter. There's a seat at the table.
