{"id":20,"date":"2026-05-27T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:48:51","slug":"brian-milton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Brian Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Brian Milton<\/h1>\n<p>Brian Milton is a British adventurer, journalist, and microlight pilot who made aviation history in 1998.<\/p>\n<h2>The 1998 World Flight<\/h2>\n<p>Together with Keith Reynolds, Brian departed from Brooklands in the GT Global Flyer aiming to fly around the world in the spirit of Phileas Fogg. After overcoming countless challenges, Brian completed the epic journey and became the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a microlight \u2014 a feat that remains legendary in the aviation world.<\/p>\n<p>He was awarded the prestigious <strong>Britannia Trophy<\/strong> for this achievement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"IMAGE-PLACEHOLDER-BRIAN-PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Milton\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:600px; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"IMAGE-PLACEHOLDER-BRIAN-WITH-AIRCRAFT.jpg\" alt=\"Brian Milton with GT Global Flyer\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Milton Brian Milton is a British adventurer, journalist, and microlight pilot who made aviation history in 1998. The 1998 World Flight Together with Keith Reynolds, Brian departed from Brooklands in the GT Global Flyer aiming to fly around the world in the spirit of Phileas Fogg. After overcoming countless challenges, Brian completed the epic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gtglobalflyer.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}