Not quite the same one you mentioned, but were you thinking of this one?
Virginia Aviation Museum (Richmond)
http://vam.smv.org/aircraft/civilian.asp
"1928 Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket
The One Lindbergh Really Wanted
Famous for their aerodynamic efficiency, Bellancas featured airfoil-shaped wing struts and an airfoil-contoured fuselage. The Skyrocket model, favored by executives and sports-pilots, featured a stronger airframe and a larger engine than earlier Bellancas. Because of their short take-off, steep climb-out and load carrying capabilities, Skyrockets were used in the wilds of Canada and Alaska.
A Bellanca, the Columbia, missed being the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine made a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Eisleben, Germany in the Columbia only days after Charles A. Lindbergh’s historic flight in 1927. Miss Veedol, a CH-400 piloted by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Berndon, was the first aircraft to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean — 4,500 miles from Samishiro, Japan to Wenatchee, Wa. in 1931.
The Virginia Aviation Museum’s Bellanca (NX237) was built in 1928 as a CH-300 Pacemaker. In 1964 it was salvaged from an Alaskan glacier by Preston Synder and, in 1976, converted to a CH-400 Skyrocket. The exterior logo is that of the Columbia, which was destroyed in a hangar fire.
The fuselage is built of welded steel tubing. The wings are made of solid spruce spars with spruce and truss-type wing ribs. The tail-group is a combination of wood and steel tubing, and the horizontal stabilizer is adjustable in flight. The aircraft is covered with fabric.
Shannon Collection
Serial No. 187"
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