Researching Douglas Corrigan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1342 people with the Corrigan surname? In that year Corrigan was ranked number 2290 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Douglas means "from a surname meaning black stream" and is of Scottish origin.
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Douglas Corrigan
Douglas Corrigan (January 22, 1907 – December 9, 1995) was an American aviator, nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight in July from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he then flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach.
Corrigan claimed his unauthorized transatlantic 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. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of the builders of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) and had made several modifications to his own plane, preparing it for his transatlantic flight. 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.
Source: Douglas Corrigan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Corrigan
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