As Herndon and his mother were the main financial backers of the flight, they kept almost all the prize money and the proceeds of the sale of Miss Veedol.
由於赫恩頓與其母親是這趟飛行中最主要的財務後盾，因此在旅程結束後，大部分的獎金和維多爾小姐號的變賣收入都歸赫恩頓所有。