In 1930, the record for flying around the world was not held by a fixed-wing aircraft, but by the Graf Zeppelin, piloted by Hugo Eckener in 1929 with a time of 21 days. On June 23, 1931, Post and the Australian navigator Harold Gatty, left Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, in the Winnie Mae with a flight plan that would take them around the world, stopping at Harbour Grace, Flintshire, Hanover twice, Berlin, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveshchensk, Khabarovsk, Nome, where his propeller had to be repaired, Fairbanks where the propeller was replaced, Edmonton, and Cleveland before returning to Roosevelt Field.

Un giornalista globe-trotter. Un collega in giornalismo, il sig. Radoikowich, si è prefisso lo scopo di fare il giro del mondo a piedi e senza un soldo! Ha già visitato il Montenegro, l’Ungheria, l’Austria, la Dalmazia, l’Italia; ora si accinge a visitare la Svizzera, la Francia ecc. ecc., per terminare il giro del mondo col 1915. Gli abbiamo fatto un mondo di complimenti e di auguri e l’abbiamo assicurato che, da parte nostra, non avrà mai dei competitori.

Gazzetta Ticinese, 17 giugno 1911

On June 9, 1909, Alice Ramsey and three other women left New York City while driving a Maxwell touring car. Forty-one driving days, 11 tires and 3,800 miles later they arrived in San Francisco, where they were met by a large fanfare celebration. Alice Ramsey and her companions (who did not drive during the trip) experienced numerous challenges during the journey, including bad roads, poor weather, flat tires and mechanical breakdowns.