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1. I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 20:14:20 -0700
Just couldn't believe it when the Chinese pilot's name was mentioned...... Wong Way -- gimme a break -- reminds us of "Wrong Way Ricky" Walters of SWAG fame... /// /// (If they are dupes, this traile
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00247.html (7,320 bytes)

2. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 23:47:35 EDT
Ahh yes....... Wong Way.... a Bill Maher joke.... I thought it funny also.... /// /// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.)
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00250.html (7,206 bytes)

3. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 08:46:47 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - He was probably named after his hero, WWI flying ace, Wrong Way Corrigan. (At least I think he was WWI. That's B4 my time.) Allen Hefner Philly Region SCCA Rally Steward '
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00265.html (7,849 bytes)

4. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 09:31:19 -0400
It was almost in my time, but not quite. :-) Anyway, 50 years ago (when I was in grade school) we were told Wrong-Way Corrigan was a basketball player who lost his bearings and made the final and win
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00270.html (8,100 bytes)

5. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 09:38:02 -0400
Or the guy (don't recall the name) that shows up in all the football highlight films, that ran the wrong way for a TD (touchdown - not MG) and ended up with a safety and won the big game for the othe
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00271.html (9,286 bytes)

6. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:00:11 EDT
Ahhh...the B4...small stealth staggerwing monoplane for carpet bombing, preceded all modern aircraft by several decades.... RH /// /// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.)
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00275.html (7,927 bytes)

7. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:07:17 -0400
All of you got it wrong <g>. "Wrong Way Corrigan" was a pilot who wanted to fly his plane from New York to Ireland in 1938. He was denied permission because of the condition of his plane. He took off
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00276.html (9,062 bytes)

8. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:09:16 EDT
As I remember the story, and I seem to remember seeing pictures of newspaper headlines. Seems Mr. Corrigan was a competitor of Lindberg and took off to cross the Atlantic, only to set a new record fo
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00277.html (8,363 bytes)

9. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:10:34 -0400
Actually, Wrong-Way Corrigan wanted to fly to across the Atlantic to Ireland after the US gov't had outlawed "dangerous" crossing attempts. So he filed a fight plan to take off from the US east coast
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00278.html (8,787 bytes)

10. Re[2]: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:22:45 -0400
Hello Ajhsys, On July 17, 1938, Douglas Corrigan filed a flight plan for California and took off from a Brooklyn airfield in a tiny single-engine plane. 29 hours later he arrived in Ireland, claiming
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00281.html (8,869 bytes)

11. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:31:29 EDT
Thanks Rick...Corrigan must have had a strong deisre for Irish whiskey! God invented whiskey you know, to keep the Irish from ruling the world... RH /// /// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00282.html (7,952 bytes)

12. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 01 10:37:40 EDT
"Wrong Way" Corrigan was a famous "aviator" from the Lindbergh era. (Between the wars.) He got the name from a cross-country flight which he wasn't supposed to make. Something about he told his spons
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00283.html (8,026 bytes)

13. Re[2]: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:14:50 -0700
Dear Larry, As regards your message Saturday, April 07, 2001 wrong.... wrong way corrigan was a PILOT.. he was supposed to fly from NY to California, and wound up in IRELAND!!!! being the second to f
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00290.html (8,141 bytes)

14. Re: I can't resist......... (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 16:15:28 EDT
- - - - - - - - - - - - That's the one! Thanks Rick. (How do we get off on these tangents anyway? Who started this?!?!?) Allen Hefner Philly Region SCCA Rally Steward '77 Midget '92 Mitsubishi Expo L
/html/spridgets/2001-04/msg00299.html (8,215 bytes)


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