Bellanca J-300

The Bellanca J-300 was an American high-wing cabin monoplane of the early 1930s, built by Bellanca with a Wright radial engine, and it is remembered mainly for long-distance flights. The airframe registered NR797W, named Liberty, flew from Newfoundland to Germany in June 1931 as the fourth Bellanca to cross the Atlantic. In 1934 the same aircraft, bought by the Polish-American brothers Jozef and Boleslaw Adamowicz, flew from New York to Warsaw as City of Warsaw, a crossing celebrated in Poland. Another J-300, named Cape Cod, flew from New York to Istanbul in July 1931. These flights helped build the company reputation for efficient long-range aircraft. The Adamowicz aircraft stayed in Poland and was finally destroyed there by German forces during the Second World War.