Douglas Corrigan papers, 1927-1985.

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Douglas Corrigan papers, 1927-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155192592

Collection contains seven signed and annotated photographs of Douglas Corrigan and his airplane. Collection also contains several annotated photocopied photographs, including images of "The Spirit of St. Louis" and the crew that built it, Charles Lindbergh, and Douglas Corrigan and his airplane. Several other annotated photocopied items, including seven newspaper articles about Corrigan and his transatlantic flight, an excerpt from Charles Lindbergh's diary about meeting Corrigan, a program from Charles Lindbergh's 30th Anniversary Dinner, and a certificate awarded to Corrigan for building "The Spirit of St. Louis" are in this collection as well.

0.20 cubic ft. (2 envelopes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6864742

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-1995

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Douglas Corrigan (1907-1995) was an American pilot during the twentieth century. Corrigan was born in Galveston, Texas and learned to fly in California. He was a member of the crew that built "The Spirit of St. Louis", the airplane in which Charles Lindbergh made his solo transatlantic flight in 1927. In 1938, Corrigan "accidentally" made a solo transatlantic flight from Brooklyn, New York to Dublin, Ireland, a flight which earned him the nickname "Wrong Way" Corrigan. Douglas Corrigan passed aw...

Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)

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