The last departure of the Hungarian Lockheed 8A Sirius. As NR115W Justice for Hungary, it had been flown across the Atlantic by György Endresz and navigator Sandór Magyar in July 1931. It became HA-AAF in Hungary. On 21 May 1932 Endresz and Gyula Bittay, who had replaced Magyar, went to Italy to attend the Congress of Transoceanic Airmen, but they lost their lives crashing the Sirius at Rome - Littorio (now Urbe). There was public mourning in Rome and Air Minister Italo Balbo, himself a transoceanic airman, presented Hungary with a rather less modern plane, the Fiat BR.3 HA-AAF Giustizia per l'Ungheria.

Arrival of Charles and Anne Lindbergh in Helsinki during their remarkable seaplane trip halfway around the world. Next stop, Leningrad. Photo by: Akseli Neittamo / Finnish Aviation Museum

Charles and Anne Lindbergh donated their Lockheed Sirius to the American Museum of Natural History where the seaplane was on display in the Hall of Ocean Life from January 1934 until 1955. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Charles and Anne Lindbergh flew this Sirius from late 1929. It was often equipped with floats. On a trip clockwise around the Atlantic in 1933 the two got as far east as Moscow. Miami was one of the last stops before they returned to New York. Photo by: Gleason Waite Romer / Miami-Dade Public Library

Apparently the fourth Lockheed 8 Sirius, X-BADA made a non-stop flight between New York and Mexico City on 23 June 1930, flown by Colonel Fierro and Captain Arnaulfo Cortes. Aircraft ended up in the Spanish Civil War. Photo by: Richard Olson / California State Archives

György Endresz (George Endres) and Sandór Magyar flew across the Atlantic in this plane in July 1931 via Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. It was by then named Justice for Hungary, reflecting how badly Hungarians felt treated in the Versailles treaties. It was funded largely by Emil Salay of the Flint Sausage Works of Flint, Michigan. To HA-AAF in Hungary. Photo from: Jenőné Czapáry / Fortepan

The first of fifteen Model 8 Sirius utility transports built in 1929-1930. This was the personal aircraft of Lindbergh and his wife and was used for several of their long-distance international explorations before its retirement.