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 Government permission, Mr. Corrigan insisted on personally checking his U.S$900 re-modelled 1929 plane before discussing his flight.
"I thought all along I was en route to Los Angeles until I saw the fishing smacks off the Irish Coast and decided that I must have got my directions mixed.
Mr, Corrigan, whose departure from Floyd Bennett Field was unnoticed because of the celebrations following the successful record-breaking round-the-world trip of Mr. Hughes, arrived at the Baldonell airport in his 1929 re-modelled plane with thirty gallons of petrol still in the tanks It was the fourth solo flight across the Atlantic from the United States to Europe. Col. Charles Lindbergh, the late Mr. Wiley Post and the late Miss Amelia Earhart having completed a similar feat in the past "I Feel Fine, Not Tired"
"I 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 unfortunate mistake in my set of camp: s I discovered that I was following a wrong route when I got above the clouds, "The visibility was very bad and I flew for a considerable distance before I learned I was flying over the sea......I was sure surprised when I found myself on the coast of Ireland.
The plane was in perfect condition. The 175 h.p. motor is less than Col, Lindbergh's motor during his 1927 flight. Since the top speed 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 pankin He was solely equipped with compasses, a 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 ana was fastened shut by a piece of In one respect, his equipment surpassed that of Mr. Hughes who lacked a "de-leer" while Corrican carried a fifteen-foot pole with which to knock off ice from the wings.—United Press.
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