we get the story from jennifer jensen of our station in san diego. >> reporter: taxiing probably never-year-old matt gutmiller after this final leg of his flight, 15 hours plus, solo across the pacific ocean. the new record-setting around the world solo pilot because of his age was clearly exhausted as he was greeted by hugs by his mom. >> i guess it's good to be back. >> reporter: back after flying solo for more than 29,000 miles in a plane specially outkilled from the high performance aircraft. >> we think it's one of many very incredible things that he's going to do in his lifetime. >> reporter: as we first reported guthmiller left behind his 1981 beechcraft bonanza. his goal returning here before july 26th. guthhmiller flew from elle ka sewn before seeing the world and taking lots of pictures around the world and made stops in the uk then rome, athens, cairo, abu dhabi, india, the philippines, australia, american samoa then to hawaii where he left early monday morning. >> congratulations, matt. good job. >> reporter: his mother shirley beaming with joy. >> i'm very proud of him. i'