• Aircraft:

  Curtiss Robin

• Reg: NX9243 photos
• Serial #:

  305

• Airline: Private
• Photo Date: Dec 03, 2022
• Uploaded: Nov 05, 2023
• Chino - KCNO, USA - California

On display at Planes of Fame Air Museum, this is “Wrong Way” Corrigan’s Robin. An aircraft mechanic, Douglas Corrigan worked on Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis, pulling the chocks away for the historic flight. Determined to emulate Lindbergh, he bought the Robin and began to modify it till it was deemed unfit for a trans-Atlantic flight. Nevertheless, Corrigan took off from New York on 17 Jul 38 heading east and landed in Ireland after 28h 13m. Claiming it to be a navigational error due to disorientation in the clouds, he was honored on his return with a ticker-tape parade down Broadway.

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