Charles Inspects the Overturned Sirius
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The Lindberghs' 1931 flight ended when the Lockheed Sirius capsized in the Yangtze River in China. No one was hurt.
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At Hankow, China, while being lowered into the Yangtze River from the British aircraft carrier Hermes, the airplane capsized, and one of the wings hit a ship cable. The damaged airplane had to be returned to the United States for repairs, ending the Lindberghs’ 1931 survey flight.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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SI 89-12246
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1931
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