The Archive · 1938

On Way to New York Intrepid U.S. Flier Will Follow in Another Ship

Dublin, July 21.

The little patched-up U.S.$900, nine-year-old plane which recently cam Mr. Douglas Corrigan, the Ameri aviator, from New York to Ireland, was on high seas today in the United States Maritime Commission's. steamer Lehigh steaming for New York.

The plane was placed under guard io prevent souvenir seekers from damaging the "crate" which has been nicknamed "Corrigan's Clipper."

Mr. Corrigan, however, has booked passage in the s. Manhattan which sails from Queenstown on July 30 and wil arrive in New York August 5. 1

Reports from the United States current here indicated that the plane would be placed on exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington where Col. Charles A. Lind-borgh's "Spirit of St. Louis" has bron Viewed by thousands—United

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