Douglas Corrigan (1907 - ),
American aviator. In 1938, when he was refused permission for a
flight across the
Atlantic, he filed a
flight plan that said that he was going to fly from
New York to
Los Angeles but flew to Ireland instead. Afterwards he said that he had misread his compass (even though he had been
flying for 12 years) and, being above the clouds, had not realized that he was not headed for
California.
—PDC Volume 4 Approved Glossary