Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan takes off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York, in his Curtiss Robin airplane in 1

Douglas Corrigan embarked on a routine flight from Los Angeles, but mistakenly headed east instead of west, leading him over the Atlantic Ocean on July 21st, 1938. This unexpected turn transformed a normal flight into a notable event.

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