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| Lituanica | |
|---|---|
 Lituanica above New York in 1933 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Bellanca CH-300 |
| Manufacturer | Bellanca (rebuild for transatlantic flight in the E. M. Laird workshops) |
| Construction number | 137 |
| Registration | NR-688E |
| History | |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Preserved at | Vytautas the Great War Museum (wreckage) Lithuanian Aviation Museum (replica) |
| Fate | crashed in Kuhdamm near Soldin, Germany (now Pszczelnik, near Myślibórz, Poland) |
Lituanica was a Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane flown from the United States across the Atlantic Ocean by Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas in 1933. After successfully flying 6,411 km (4,043 miles), it crashed, due to undetermined circumstances, 650 km (404 miles) from its destination, Kaunas, Lithuania.