 After stops in Portugal and Spain, Pinedo, Del Prete, and Zacchetti completed the "Four Continents" flight on 16 June 1927, landing "Santa Maria II" in Ostia's harbor outside Rome.Their flight had taken 124 days.After returning from the flight, Pinedo was promoted to "generale di brigata aerea" (air brigade general), and Mussolini declared him to be the "Messaggero d’Italianita’" (Messenger of Italy) and bestowed upon him the sobriquet "Lord of Distances."