Well, it’s official… Steve Fossett completed his global circumnavigation solo flight! Some details from ABC News:

His single-engine jet-powered experimental plane touched down at the Salina Municipal Airport at 2:48 p.m. EST in a smooth landing about 67 hours after he left the same strip on Monday night.

"I’m a really lucky guy now, I got to achieve my ambition," the 60-year-old millionaire said after stepping out of the cramped capsule in which he had spent nearly three days.

A high school band, dozens of media and hundreds of spectators were at the airport to watch the landing, along with Virgin Atlantic chief Richard Branson who paid for the project.

Branson waved a bedsheet-sized checkered flag when the plane touched down and sprayed Fossett with champagne after greeting him with a hug.

Congratulations to everyone involved! The Global Flyer website has a note that they’re off partying with the team and will post more pictures and info tonight. (Hopefully the next big advenure will have better website plans… Seems like the site fell apart under load, totally overwhelmed for hours at a time, etc. You know, we’d happily volunteer to help with scalability planning at no cost!) Anyway, more news and pics when available.