Mosquito net tent, Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, obtained this mosquito net tent in Para, Brazil during their 1933 survey flights across the North and South Atlantic. Earlier in the trip the Lindberghs had to send home a can of insecticide spray (among other supplies) from Bathurst, Gambia so their over-loaded plane could take off. They bought this mosquito net tent and a new can of insecticide spray in Para to replace the insect repellant they had to send home. Since they were planning to fly up the Amazon River Basin, a vast jungle where contracting malaria would have likely been fatal, these were probably wise purchases. They never used the mosquito net tent, but it would have provided necessary shelter in case of an emergency landing in the Amazon Jungle.