The Flying Irishman (1939)

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas Wrong Way Corrigan Mr Corrigan starred in this film which chronicled his infamous flight On July 17 1938 Mr Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline 40 hours worth into the tiny single engine plane While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach CA Mr Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses both malfunctioned and a turnandbank indicator The cabin door was held shut with baling wire Nearly 29 hours later he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California He returned to the US as a hero with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards