Both Ernie Smith, pilot of the first civilian nonstop flight to Hawaii, and Ben Wyatt, navigation examiner for the Dole Air Race, criticized the race after its conclusion. Smith called it "stunt flying – not practical with land planes. And now there are six men and a girl out there somewhere battling for their lives. All for $35,000. It isn't worth it." Wyatt believed that "scientific value can be derived from such flights [with land planes." Goebel, Davis, and Jensen proposed that all aircraft flying over large bodies of water should be required to carry radio equipment.