Hello Ajhsys,
Saturday, April 07, 2001, 8:46:47 AM, you wrote:
Aac> He was probably named after his hero, WWI flying ace, Wrong Way Corrigan.
Aac> (At least I think he was WWI. That's B4 my time.)
On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan filed a flight plan for California and took
off
from a Brooklyn airfield in a tiny single-engine plane. 29 hours later he
arrived
in Ireland, claiming his compasses had failed. Although Corrigan never quite
admitted
it, his mistake was surely a ruse to circumvent aviation authorities who had
turned down his request to make a trans-Atlantic flight. Corrigans stunt caught
the public fancy and he was given a heros welcome on his return to New York.
More info: http://www.expage.com/corrigan1
Bill "The new Allen" Gilroy mailto:w.gilroy@verizon.net
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