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	Douglas Corrigan - Biography - Moviefone
		{Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan} was not an actor, but a pilot whose allegedly accidental lapse in navigation skills tickled the nation's funny bone and landed him a starring role in a film about his life.
		Corrigan's infamy came in July 1938 when he took off on a transcontinental flight from New York to Long Beach, CA, and ended up landing in Dublin, Ireland, claiming that the flight was too foggy to see properly and that his compass was messed up.
		Corrigan's odyssey began with an announcement that he was planning to make the ocean flight in a single-engine 1929 Curtis Robin he had salvaged from a junk pile for 310 dollars.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/douglas-corrigan/15114/biography (375 words)

	"Wrong Way Corrigan"
		Corrigan, who had spent three years trying to get permission to fly from New York to Dublin, had been told that he could fly nonstop from New York to California, but an ocean crossing was out of the question.
		Corrigan started the plane himself on July 17 and then took out a flashlight to look at the engine and make sure it was running OK. It looked and sounded good, so he climbed into Sunshine and took off, heading east on an eastwest runway.
		Corrigan introduced himself saying, "I left New York yesterday morning headed for California." He added, "I got mixed up in the clouds, and I must have flown the wrong way." The officer responded, "Yes, we know." Corrigan was surprised, "Really?" he said.
	www.100megspop3.com /bark/DouglasWrongWayCorrigan.html (4409 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Birds Supergoose
		Douglas was caught and tagged in early April, whilst feeding in Tralee, south west Eire.
		Douglas 'Wrong-Way' Corrigan is infamous for taking off from New York to fly to California and ending up in Dublin having flown across the Atlantic (he claimed he had simply gone the wrong way!).
		Corrigan had applied several times for government permission to fly to Ireland from the US in the late 1930s.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/animals/birds/supergoose/meet/douglas.shtml (516 words)

	Douglas Corrigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Douglas Corrigan from the frontispiece of his 1938 autobiography
		Despite the extent of Corrigan's illegality he received only a mild punishment; his pilot's certificate was suspended for a fortnight.
		Corrigan's "error" caught the imagination of the depressed American public and inspired many jokes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Corrigan (2286 words)

	Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan
		Douglas Corrigan became a legendary aviator, not because of his accomplishments as a pilot but rather because of a supposed navigational error.
		Corrigan insisted that his visibility was so poor that he could only fly by using his compass and claimed his compass indicated he was heading west.
		Although Corrigan never admitted that his story was a ruse, most people believe that he purposely set out to bypass authorities and accomplish his dream of a transatlantic flight.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/corrigan/EX16.htm (1370 words)

	Wrongway Corrigan and his Curtiss Robin Atlantic Crossing.
		Douglas Corrigan had his beloved plane stored in his garage until the 50th anniversary of his flight.
		Corrigan had planned to fly slowly to save gasoline, but the leal; caused him to speed up, on the theory that the faster he flev`, the sooner he would reach California and the less tirne there would be for gasoline to drip out.
		As Corrigan boarded an ocean liner in Ireland, for the trip home, he was handed a cablegram from the United States Department of Commerce announcing his punishment for breaking the law.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Curtiss-Robin/info/info.htm (4058 words)

	No. 1070: Wrong-Way Corrigan
		Corrigan was the last of the early glory-seeking fliers.
		Corrigan flew non-stop from California to New York in 1938.
		Corrigan, who'd grown reclusive, was suddenly so enthusiastic they put a guard on the plane, lest he try to take off one more time.
	www.uh.edu /admin/engines/epi1070.htm (465 words)

	Airport Journals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Corrigan had been working there as a mechanic, and was proud to shake the hand of his new hero; he was equally proud to help with the construction of the new Ryan NYP that would be named "Spirit of Saint Louis."
		Corrigan purchased the used, OX5-powered Curtiss Robin in New York in 1933, and flew it back to California with his brother, Harry, stopping every hundred miles or so "to hop a few passengers." The journey back was an adventure in itself, featuring a few accidents and several ingeniously-contrived stopgap repairs.
		Corrigan made a flying tour of the country, and was given parades and feted by mayors, governors and masses of people in every city and state that he visited.
	www.airportjournals.com /Display.cfm?varID=0503005 (2933 words)

	Highlights for July 17
		Douglas Corrigan, the last of the early glory-seeking fliers, takes off from Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn, New York, on a flight that would finally win him a place in aviation history.
		Corrigan was among the mechanics who had worked on Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis aircraft, but that mere footnote in the history of flight was not enough for the Texas-born aviator.
		By the time "Wrong Way" Corrigan and his crated plane returned to New York by ship, his license suspension had been lifted, he was a national celebrity, and a mob of autograph seekers met him on the gangway.
	twotrees.www.50megs.com /attic/history/07/17h.html (1290 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Aviation History \| The Adventures of Wrong-Way Corrigan
		Douglas Corrigan had long dreamed of being the first man to fly nonstop from New York to Dublin.
		When 31-year-old Douglas Groce Corrigan took off from Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field on July 17, 1938, in a modified Curtiss Robin, he carried two chocolate bars, two boxes of fig bars, a quart of water and a U.S. map with the route from New York to California marked out.
		Corrigan and his co-workers went wild when the news reached San Diego that Lindbergh had made it to Paris.
	www.historynet.com /ahi/blcorrigan (906 words)

	Aviator’s ‘wrong way’ led to fame (printable version)
		Corrigan was born in Galveston, Texas, in 1907.
		Corrigan and his coworkers were thrilled that a plane they had built had been involved in such a historic event.
		As soon as Corrigan landed in Ireland, the press was alerted, and before long all of America was hearing and reading about the story.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=46722 (823 words)

	January 23 - Wrong Way Corrigan
		Douglas Groce Corrigan was born in Galveston, Texas, January 22, 1907.
		Corrigan's third cross-country flight, and first non-stop, ended in New York on July 9, 1938.
		Corrigan died on December 9, 1995, at 88.
	www.goatview.com /january23.htm (433 words)

	That's My Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Douglas was moved all around from state to state.
		When Douglas got into flying was when he was a young boy when he went past the airport.
		Douglas Corrigan had a dream and went after it and set a record that wasn't supposed to happen.
	www.thebolts.com /oldreviews/000000cd.htm (191 words)

	Fly by the seat of one's pants
		The term emerged in the 1930s and was first widely used in reports of Douglas Corrigan's flight from the USA to Ireland in 1938.
		"Douglas Corrigan was described as an aviator 'who flies by the seat of his pants' today by a mechanic who helped him rejuvinate the plane which airport men have now nicknamed the 'Spirit of $69.90'.
		He was thereafter known as 'Wrong Way Corrigan' and starred as himself in the 1938 movie The Flying Irishman.
	www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/139400.html (313 words)

	The Flying Irishman (1939) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Douglas Corrigan was an early example of the '15 minutes of fame' phenomenon.
		Corrigan was promptly nicknamed 'Wrong Way' Corrigan by an affectionate public who knew damned well he was lying, but who admired his brass-bottle gumption.
		Also, I admire Corrigan for his real-life nerve (risking his life to prove he was right and the aviation officials were wrong).
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0031325 (622 words)

	Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Aviation 'mistake' turned pilot into hero 09/10/00
		Douglas Corrigan always dreamed of owning an airplane and flying across the Atlantic Ocean.
		Corrigan was determined to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Charles Lindbergh, whose transAtlantic solo flight to Paris in 1927 had made him an international celebrity.
		Corrigan was officially welcomed as a hero by the Irish prime minister and by the American ambassador to England, Joseph P. Kennedy.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/091000/fea_223-6874.000.shtml (600 words)

	WRCS - Douglas ‘Wrong Way’ Corrigan
		The young man’s name was Douglas Corrigan, and from the moment Lindbergh completed his trans-Atlantic journey it became Corrigan’s dream to retrace the flight.
		Corrigan told some friends in Los Angeles that he did not see how the inspector would know if he landed some where between Los Angeles and New York: in the mid-1930s, there was no way to check on whether a plane made an emergency or unscheduled stop at a small airfield along the way.
		Corrigan later admitted that the thought also occurred to him that the authorities had no way of knowing where he was heading at the time he took off.
	www.wrcs.org.au /articles/79.htm (544 words)

	Timelines - This Day in Alternate History
		Event Description: American aviator Douglas Corrigan is killed when his plane crashes just minutes before it was scheduled to complete a transcontinental flight from Long Beach,California to New York City.
		Event Description: Corrigan is laid to rest in his former hometown of Galveston,Texas;that same day the NYPD begins an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
		Event Description: The German agent suspected of shooting down Douglas Corrigan's plane is arrested in Queens,New York on charges of espionage,terrorism,first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm;his partner is killed during a shootout with federal agents in New Jersey the next day.
	www.othertimelines.com /testing/viewtimeline.php?timelineID=3304 (639 words)

	The Kaptain's Log: "Wrong Way" Corrigan and the Right Way to Live, by Manuel Miles, aka Kapt Kanada
		Corrigan was not a man who needed to be told how to fly by any gang of stupid bureaucrats.
		For his heroic defiance of both the elements and the State, Douglas Corrigan had his pilot's license "suspended" for the length of time it took him to return to the US on a steamship.
		Douglas Corrigan died in 1995 at the age of 88.
	www.ncc-1776.org /tle2003/tle246-20031109-02.html (583 words)

	Floyd Bennett Field Historic District--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places ...
		Shortly after Hughes's flight, Douglas Corrigan embarked from Floyd Bennett Field supposedly on a flight to California.
		Corrigan flew instead to Ireland, thus fulfilling his wish to make a Trans-Atlantic flight.
		For this apparent lack of orientation, Corrigan lost his experimental license and earned the nickname "Wrong-Way." Interest in these records reflected public enthusiasm about aviation and contributed to improving technical aspects and piloting skills.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/flo.htm (983 words)

	Amazon.com: Flying Irishman: Video: Douglas Corrigan,Paul Kelly,Robert Armstrong,Gene Reynolds,Donald MacBride,Eddie ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Douglas Corrigan as Douglas 'Wrong Way'/'Doug' Corrigan, born Clyde Corrigan, Paul Kelly as Butch Brannan, Robert Armstrong as Joseph 'Joe' Alden, Gene Reynolds as Clyde 'Douglas' Corrigan, Donald MacBride as Mr.
		Roy Thompson, Eddie Quillan as Henry Corrigan, J.M. Kerrigan as Mr.
		Clyde Corrigan Sr., Dorothy Appleby as Maybelle, a Waitress, Don Barclay as Bettor, Scotty Beckett as Henry Corrigan, 7 Years Old...
	www.amazon.com /Flying-Irishman-Douglas-Corrigan/dp/B00000JPGW (554 words)

	Douglas Corrigan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Corrigan became internationally famous when a supposed trip in 1938 from New York to California in his second-hand plane instead ended in Ireland.
		Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (enough for 40 hours) into the tiny, single engine plane.
		Corrigan became a test pilot for Douglass Aircraft during World War II.
	www.a2zpeople.com /d/do/douglas+corrigan.asp (189 words)

	Douglas Corrigan
		Which all goes to confirm the proverb: It is easier to obtain forgiveness than permission.
		When Lindbergh made his famous transatlantic flight in May 1927, Corrigan and his co-workers were thrilled, but Corrigan's excitement did not stop there.
		Corrigan also received a Broadway ticker-tape parade with more than a million people lining the street, more people than had turned out to honour Charles Lindbergh after his transatlantic flight.
	www.air-racing-history.com /PILOTS/Douglas%20Corrigan.htm (1381 words)

	Daily Radio Broadcast::God Loves You, Even When You Are Deceived (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Douglas Corrigan received the name "Wrong Way" in 1938, after he took off in his plane from Brooklyn, New York, on an announced flight to Long Beach, California.
		But finally in 1953, Douglas Corrigan admitted that his trip across the Atlantic was really planned after all.
		See, he was unable to get clearance to cross the ocean, so he went ahead and made the flight "by mistake--only on purpose." "Wrong Way" Corrigan deceived the entire world.
	www.backtothebible.org /broadcasts/radio/today.php/19037?page=2 (484 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : The Flying Irishman : Main
		Douglas Corrigan, Paul Kelly, Robert Armstrong, Gene Reynolds
		It matters not at all that the famed "wrong way" flight of aviator Douglas Corrigan, who in 1938 tried to fly from New York to California by way of Ireland, was probably a carefully calculated publicity stunt.
		The end result was that Corrigan became a household name, and as such was an ideal candidate for film stardom.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/58499/moviemain.jhtml (132 words)

	Doug WRONG WAY Corrigan- a history
		Texas-born Douglas Corrigan had flown for the first time when he was 18, taking a 10-minute
		As far as he was concerned, Douglas Corrigan was all set to be the first man to fly nonstop
		Corrigan not only did not have permission to make the flight, he had neither a passport nor entry
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Curtiss-Robin/story.php (3248 words)

	TIME.com: Adventure's End -- Sep. 26, 1938 -- Page 1
		Los Angeles last week celebrated the homecoming of Douglas Gorce Corrigan, who few months before left a workaday mechanic's job to flivver off into the sky, blarneyed his way to Dublin and back and became the most fabulous escapist of his time.
		But the real surprise came during a mass interview in the Ambassador Hotel, where Douglas Corrigan was assigned a double suite with no less a roomie than Governor Frank F. Merriam.
		When the ticklish interview was over, Reporter Agness Underwood of the Herald and Express ducked into Corrigan's half of the suite to telephone her story in time for her paper's next edition.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,788796,00.html (714 words)

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