The solar-powered airplane flying around the world landed Saturday night in Dayton Ohio, completing the third leg of its U.S. journey.
Andre Borschberg arrived at Dayton International Airport 9:56 p.m. after a 16 hour, 34 minute flight from Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to a statement from the Solar Impulse 2 team. The team originally planned to fly to New York City but spent eight days in Tulsa due to the weather. Engineers have found a clear path to New York.
The stop in Dayton is a special milestone — the home of the Wright Brothers, who completed the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered aircraft. It's also the 89th anniversary of American aviator Charles Lindbergh's landing in Paris in the first Atlantic crossing on a plane.