Washington: The world's largest solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2 on Thursday completed the latest stage of its round-the-world journey. The plane took off from Dayton airport in Ohio and landed at Lehigh Valley airport in Pennsylvania, EFE news reported.

The Solar Impulse 2 prototype is the first solar-powered plane ever to make a trip around the world. The plane, piloted by one of its inventors, Bertrand Piccard, made a flight of 16 hours and 49 minutes from Dayton to Lehigh Valley, a distance of 1,044 km.