US adventurer Steve Fossett achieved the first solo, non-stop flight around the globe.
Despite a fuel shortage, the 60-year-old pilot landed the Virgin GlobalFlyer plane at Salina airport in Kansas at 19.48 GMT. The millionaire had considered aborting the trip and landing in Hawaii, but he decided to press on because of favourable tail winds.
Fossett said he was "really starting to perk up" as he neared the end.
Fossett left Kansas on Tuesday. On Wednesday there had been speculation the pilot might have to land the aircraft because of an unexplained loss of fuel.