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    Douglas Corrigan was born Clyde Groce Corrigan on January 22, 1907. He was a skilled aviator and aircraft mechanic through most of his adult life. He earned the nickname "Wrong Way" in 1938 after a transcontinental flight in July from Long Beach, California, to New York City. Although his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach, he then flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn to Ireland.

    Corrigan claimed his unauthorized transatlantic flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks. He also noted that low-light conditions caused 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 by many as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally.

    He died December 9, 1995.

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