 President [[Herbert Hoover]] appointed Lindbergh to the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]].Lindbergh and [[Pan American World Airways]] head [[Juan Trippe]] were interested in developing a [[great circle]] air route across Alaska and Siberia to China and Japan.In the summer of 1931, with Trippe's support, Lindbergh and his wife flew from Long Island to [[Nome, Alaska]] and from there to Siberia, Japan and China.