Dates

Event

1929

Constructed as a 8A.

To Charles A. Lindbergh, New York, NY with new c/r NR211 (SIRIUS 8A, 140).

Photographer: Charles M. Daniels

Retro fitted as a float plane.

1933

The Lindberghs set out again with their Sirius, now upgraded with a more powerful engine, a new directional gyro, and an artificial horizon. This time, their route would take them across the northern Atlantic, with no particular destination, but primarily to scout for potential new airline routes for Pan Am. While at a refueling stop in Angmagssalik, Greenland, the Inuit of the area gave the Sirius a nickname, Tingmissartoq or one who flies like a bird. They continued on their flight and made many stops in Europe, Russia, then south to Africa, back across the southern Atlantic to Brazil and back over the skies of New York City at the end of 1933, after 30,000 miles and 21 countries; droves of people turned out to greet them as they landed.

From Unknown to 1955

Loaned to American Museum of Natural History, New York City.

Photographer: Charles M. Daniels

1959

To Smithsonian Institution.

1976

To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
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