This letterbox will take you on a short hike along the Valley Park levee and surrounding area. You will need to do a little research to reach the cache. There is a stamp in the letterbox. Please leave the stamp in the cache. It is NOT a trade item. This letterbox is part of the Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Series. You can find information about the final cache here.
From the posted coordinates walk south along the levee until you find the "1.4" mile marker. From the 1.4 mile marker, add X to the last three digits of the west coordinates where,
X = [ (A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H) * 3 ] + 14
Answer each of the questions below to find values for A-H. For each question, you are looking for a numeric value of the first word of the name. Example: if the plane was called "Roger Rabbit," than the answer would be 5. If there is only one word in the name than use just the one word. Do not include "The" in any of the titles.
A) This plane was designated the HK-1. It was made of wood and flown only once by its owner: Howard Hughes.
B) Designated the X-1, this was the first plane to break the sound barrier. What is the nickname of this plane?
C) Flown by H. Ross Perot Jr. and Jay Coburn this helicopter completed the first circumnavigation of the world by helicopter on September 30, 1982.
D) The most famous B-17 in World War II because she was the first heavy bomber during WWII to complete 25 combat missions and keep her entire crew alive.
E) The B-29 bomber used in the atomic mission that destroyed Hiroshima, August 6th, 1945.
F) Charles Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop flight between New York City and Paris in this plane in 1927.
G) First plane to complete a round-the-world flight from April 6 to September 28, 1924, this plane was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
H) The first successful sustained flight of a heavier-than-air flying machine was made in which plane?
