1085

CORRIGAN, DOUGLAS

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CORRIGAN, DOUGLAS
<b>1085. DOUGLAS CORRIGAN</b> "Wrong-Way Corrigan", American aviator of the Thirties who set out in his plane promising to fly west and ended up making a trans-Atlantic crossing. His minor miscalculation brought him national fame. Excellent vintage I.S.P. "<i>Wrong Way to Ireland Douglas Corrigan 1938</i>", 4" x 3 1/4" b/w showing Corrigan waving from the cockpit of his airplane, with an exceptional note on the verso: "<i>Me in the 1929 Curtiss Robin Airplane that took me to Dublin - photo at Lindbergh field in 1938 where in 1927 I helped to build the New York to Paris plane `Spirit of St. Louis' - D.C.</i>". Fine condition.<b> $75-100</b>