PHOTO: Douglas Corrigan & Unknown Officer
Corrigan, Clyde Groce) Douglas "Wrong Way"
From Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 October 2006
From Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 25 October 2006
About this Item
5" x 8" sepia-toned photo, signed "Mr. Carey, Douglas Corrigan"no date on photo, c1rca 1929?.Corrigan was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally Size: 5" x 8". Seller Inventory # 090297a
Bibliographic Details
Title: PHOTO: Douglas Corrigan & Unknown Officer
Publisher: Unknown
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Unbound
Illustrator: Unknown Photographer
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed & Inscribed By Notable
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