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EVENING PRESS NEWS 
18 JULY 1938 
CORRIGAN L/iNDS IN IRELAND 
Dublin, Ireland 
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The American aviator, Doubles Corrigan, was placed under tech- 
nical arrest by Irish authorities today because he had landed 
in Ireland without a permit. The young flier said he had flown 
above the clouds all the way and was surprised when he reached 
the Irish coast. He smiled as he said he thought he had been 
flying toward Los Angele 
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Washington 
The Bureau of Air Commerce declared today that it would inves- 
tigate the surprise trans-Atlantic flight of young Douglas 
Corrigan to Ireland. The bureau said that no action would be 
taken against the California pilot in the unauthorized flight 
until he returned to the United States. Corrigan had applied 
for a permit to span the ocean on two occasions but the bureau 
replied that the ship was too antiquated and would be unable 
to make the flight. 
Long Beach, Calif . 
Relatives and fellow workers with Douglas Corrigan' said today 
that the young flier has only one interest in life, and that is 
flying. The thirty-one year old red head has been flying since 
he was a high school student. All his spare time and his spare 
cash goes into the nine year old Curtis- Robin plane in which, 
he landed in Dublin after a surprise flight from New York. 
Corrigan’s habit has been to rush from his bench at the Northrup 
Aircraft Company at the close of day to the airport where he 
keeps his plane. There he would spend hours tinkering with the 
nine year old motor that powers the ship. 
Friends said Gorrigan was an expert mechanic whose greatest 
joy was listening to the smooth hum of the well tended Curtis. 
Corrigan could always be found working far into the night, 
tightening this and loosening that, listening to the throb of 
the motor for the faintest hint of a rattle or squeak. 
Long Beach regarded Corrigan as a run of the average pilots, 
although he was second to none in their estimation as a mechanic. 
From time to time, the young Californian has given flying les- 
sons. He was known for his insistence that student pilots guard 
against taking chances. He has been known to refuse to give 
lessons to a -student he suspected of recklessness. As Corrigan 
explained it, ’’Suppose he takes one chance too many and cracks 
up my ship.” Corrigan never has shown much interest in girls, 
and -often said he intended to remain a bachelor. Naturally 
shy, Corrigan feared publicity with a fear that almost was a 
phobia. Before he loft on the ocoan flight, he delegated several 
friends at Mitchell Field to ward off would-be interviewers and 
• hero worshippers. However, when he was reached Corrigan was 
very soft spoken. He reminded newspaper men of Lindbergh of 
the old ’’Spirit of St. Louis,” before the spotlight made Lind- 
bergh withdraw into his shell. 
