The annual Amelia Earhart Festival in Atchison, Kansas kicked off Wednesday with a flight of whimsy.

California-based artist John Cirney has donated a large installation that depicts Amelia Earhart, her navigator Fred Noonan, and their Lockheed Electra aircraft, as if they had just run out of fuel and landed. Earhart is smirking as she notes on her map that she has landed near her home town.

Cirney included a dedication of sorts to his father, who passed away earlier this year. An image of Frank Cirney appears on one of the gasoline cans at the characters’ feet.

From the highway it’s not entirely clear who is depicted, and the artist says that’s by design. He’s hoping to spur more interest in the piece that way.

The installation is located about two miles south of Atchison on US-73 highway.