Dublin, July 18.
Mr. Douglas Corrigan, virtually unknown American aviator who set out to fly from New York to Los Angeles but who landed in Ireland, was the guest of Mr, John Cudahy, American. Minister to Ireland, in the American, Legation today. He was in the Lega: tion under a form of "open detention' pending the clarification of his status for making the flight, without Govern ment permission, feel fine," he: told the people who greeted him. "I am. not a bit! tired, "I left New York to return to Los Angeles but through an unfor~ tunate mistake in my set of compasses I discovered that T was following a wrong route when I got above the clouds, "The visibility was very bad and 1 flew for a considerable distance before I learned I was flying over the sea......1 was sure surprised when T found myself on the coast of Ireland, 'The plane was in perfect condition, 'The 175 lip. motor is less than Col, Lindbergh's motor during his 1927 fight, 'Since the top speed is 100! miles per hour, the plane must have flown with its' throttle wide open since the distance it covered was 2,800 miles, He revealed that he had installed extra petrol tanks in his cabin so high that he was unable to see out of the plane except by banking.
He was solely equipped with compasses, 0 turn and bank indicator, a couple of chocolate bars and a passion to follow Col, Lindbergh's trail.
The cabin door lacked a latch lock and was fastened shut by a piece of wire—United Press,
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