Wednesday, July 22, 2026 · america_250

America 250 · Around the world solo — July 22

5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.

Wiley Post landed at New York's Floyd Bennett Field on July 22, 1933 — the first man to fly solo around the world. Today's pack walks five American solos: in flight, on land, by sea, and across continents.

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01
Drop a pin on the airfield where Wiley Post landed on July 22, 1933 after the first solo around-the-world flight — 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes.
● Compass Rose — New York, New York, United States
Did you know?
Post wore an eye patch — he'd lost an eye in an oilfield accident in 1926. He flew the Winnie Mae, a Lockheed Vega he and a partner had bought from an oil baron.
Target
40.5950°, -73.8918°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
02
Drop a pin on the farm where Wiley Post and Will Rogers died in a small-plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935.
● Browerville — Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States
Did you know?
Will Rogers — cowboy humorist, the nation's most-popular celebrity — was the most-quoted American of his era. About 50,000 people lined the streets of Los Angeles for his funeral.
Target
71.3020°, -156.7886°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
03
Drop a pin on the harbor where Robin Lee Graham, age 16, returned in 1970 — the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo.
● East 5th Street — Los Angeles, California, United States
Did you know?
Graham left LA at 16 in a 24-foot sloop in 1965 and returned at 21 in 1970. His National Geographic series and book 'Dove' became youthful adventure classics.
Target
33.7405°, -118.2790°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
04
Drop a pin on the desert pass where Forrest Gump 'just felt like running' — the spot Tom Hanks's Gump turns back home in the 1994 film.
● Kane County — Utah, United States
Did you know?
The film's shot was filmed at mile marker 13 on US-163 just north of the Utah-Arizona border. The view is so iconic that tourists pose in the middle of the road; police now patrol it.
Target
37.1132°, -112.5263°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
05
Drop a pin on the road where bank robber John Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934.
● North Broadway — Chicago, Illinois, United States
Did you know?
Dillinger had been watching 'Manhattan Melodrama' starring Clark Gable. He was identified by 'the Lady in Red' — a brothel madam, Anna Sage, who turned him in for $5,000 and immigration help.
Target
41.9398°, -87.6446°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts

America 250 · Around the world solo — July 22

Drop a pin on the airfield where Wiley Post landed on July 22, 1933 after the first solo around-the-world flight — 7 days, 18 hours, 49 minutes.

Drop a pin on the farm where Wiley Post and Will Rogers died in a small-plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska on August 15, 1935.

Drop a pin on the harbor where Robin Lee Graham, age 16, returned in 1970 — the youngest sailor to circle the globe solo.

Drop a pin on the desert pass where Forrest Gump 'just felt like running' — the spot Tom Hanks's Gump turns back home in the 1994 film.

Drop a pin on the road where bank robber John Dillinger was shot dead by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934.