Media desk
One place to reach the team behind Byron Waller: who to contact, the facts as they stand, the footage and photography you need, and how to book him on air.
Prefer to talk? 0461 474 250 · +61 461 474 250 from overseas
Tell us what you need and who you are
Story angles, fact checks, quotes, footage, photography and profile requests.
ops@byronwaller.com ↗Keynotes, panels, school and hospital visits, and aircraft-on-display requests.
speaking@byronwaller.com ↗Sponsorship, LOOK UP FOR BYRON and Pole to Pole 2027 partner enquiries.
ops@byronwaller.com ↗We aim to reply to media enquiries within one business day, and to same-day breaking-news requests wherever we can. Tell us your transmission or publication deadline and we will work to it.
Ready to broadcast
Everything below is cleared for publication and available on request. Ask for what your deadline needs and we will send it, not a link to a folder.
Download Press Kit ↓ PDF · 8pp
- Biographical briefOne-page and full-length bios, current as of the 2025/26 mission, cleared for publication.
- Verified fact sheetDates, route, distances, crew arrangement and record status, each with the source that backs it.
- Hi-res photographyPortrait, cockpit, tarmac, arrival-day and awards-ceremony images, supplied at print resolution with captions.
- Broadcast footageCockpit and onboard footage, arrival-day material, interview clips and B-roll of the aircraft and crew.
- Approved route mapsThe world-flight track, leg-by-leg route and Pole to Pole planning map, in print and broadcast formats.
- Interview accessByron and the mission team, in person in Brisbane or Los Angeles, or remotely from any time zone.
Full-length and one-page biographies, the mission media kit, aircraft specification sheets, the leg-by-leg flight log, and introductions to the safety pilots, engineers and partners who flew and supported the circumnavigation.
Copy you can use as it stands
Byron Waller is an Australian pilot who, in 2025 at the age of 15, became the youngest person in history to pilot a plane around the world. Diagnosed with Crohn's disease at 14 and in and out of hospital for most of his life, he flew the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Southern Oceans in a single-engine Sling TSi. He now flies for the Teen Pilot Foundation, a charity he founded to help young people living with chronic illness find a reason to look up.
- Crew. Byron was pilot-in-command on every leg, accompanied by a qualified safety pilot — the standard arrangement for an under-18 record attempt. We ask that “solo” not be used.
- The record. The circumnavigation is recorded by Earthrounders, the independent international register of round-the-world light aircraft flights (entry 710). We describe it as the youngest to complete a round-the-world flight on that register, and will happily supply the source link.
- Media reach. Coverage during the 2025 world flight is estimated at one billion people. That is an estimate compiled by the mission’s media team, not an audited figure, and we ask that it be attributed rather than stated as fact.
- Pole to Pole 2027 is in planning. Dates, aircraft, crew and route are not confirmed and should not be presented as set.
- Partner and sponsor names require the partner’s own approval before use in a story or on air.
- Photography and footage are supplied with captions and credit lines; please use them as supplied.
- Byron is a minor. Interviews with him are arranged through the media desk, with a parent or guardian present.
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Prefer email? Write to ops@byronwaller.com.
Speaking and forum invitations go to speaking@byronwaller.com.
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