英语词汇wrong-way corrigan的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Wrong-Way Corrigan. Douglas “Wrong-Way” Corrigan may have gone the wrong way unintentionally. The 31-year-old pilot flew from California to New York in a record time of less than 28 hours and took off the next day in his battered plane to re- turn to California. His plane had no radio, beam finder, or safety devices, and had failed safety inspections, which would indi- cate that he had no plans for a publicity stunt. But even though extra gas tanks blocked his view, it is hard to explain how, after he took off in a westerly direction over Jamaica Bay, near the present Kennedy International Airport in New York, he swung his plane in a wide arc and crossed the Rockaway Peninsula, heading out over the Atlantic Ocean. Presumably, he flew through a thick fog, convinced he was California-bound until the fog lifted that fine morning of July 18, 1938, and he looked down at the grass roofs and cobblestoned streets of Ireland! Corrigan told officials at Dublin’s Baldonnel Airport that he had accidentally flown the wrong way, and he promptly became known as Wrong-Way Corrigan. As a result he became a hero, made close to $100,000, and even played himself in The Flying Irishman, a movie based on his “mistake.” When asked recently if he had really meant to fly to California, Corrigan replied, “Sure . . . well, at least I’ve told that story so many times that I believe it myself now.”

词汇	wrong-way corrigan
词源	Wrong-Way Corrigan. Douglas “Wrong-Way” Corrigan may have gone the wrong way unintentionally. The 31-year-old pilot flew from California to New York in a record time of less than 28 hours and took off the next day in his battered plane to re- turn to California. His plane had no radio, beam finder, or safety devices, and had failed safety inspections, which would indi- cate that he had no plans for a publicity stunt. But even though extra gas tanks blocked his view, it is hard to explain how, after he took off in a westerly direction over Jamaica Bay, near the present Kennedy International Airport in New York, he swung his plane in a wide arc and crossed the Rockaway Peninsula, heading out over the Atlantic Ocean. Presumably, he flew through a thick fog, convinced he was California-bound until the fog lifted that fine morning of July 18, 1938, and he looked down at the grass roofs and cobblestoned streets of Ireland! Corrigan told officials at Dublin’s Baldonnel Airport that he had accidentally flown the wrong way, and he promptly became known as Wrong-Way Corrigan. As a result he became a hero, made close to $100,000, and even played himself in The Flying Irishman, a movie based on his “mistake.” When asked recently if he had really meant to fly to California, Corrigan replied, “Sure . . . well, at least I’ve told that story so many times that I believe it myself now.”
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