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 Apr 7 2009, 07:33 AM
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 UFO's in the sky - in 15th Century - imagine that  Group: Admin Posts: 22,755 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Zeta Reticuli Member No.: 4  |
From funtrivia.com:
Q. In 1938 Douglas Corrigan flew his single-engine Curtiss Robin from New York to Dublin, Ireland. The problem was, his flight plan said he was heading for California. What nickname did Corrigan pick up from this incident? A. Wrong Way Corrigan had actually been applying for permission to make a solo flight to Ireland since 1935. The government turned him down, saying his plane was unsuitable for such an undertaking. In July 1938 he was in New York with his plane. On the 17th he took off to the east in thick fog. Before he left he told people he was returning to California. He never turned around. Twenty-eight hours, thirteen minutes later he landed in Dublin. When asked what happened, Corrigan told reporters that he could not see the ground due to the fog, then misread his compass. He thought he was going west and not east. He did not realize the error until the clouds finally broke and he saw an ocean beneath him--the Atlantic Ocean. At that point he checked his compass and realized he was not heading west. It was too late to turn around so he proceeded on his easterly heading until he made landfall. When reporters continued to badger him with questions, he responded: "That's my story." Not only did Corrigan pick up a great nickname for what some believe was a deliberate attempt to cross the Atlantic solo but he may have been the originator of a line I use all the time: "That's my story and I'm sticking to it." -------------------- "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln Light - more light. There are many echoes in the world but few voices. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Apr 8 2009, 11:35 AM
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 Shiksa drowning in a sea of Pod People Group: Admin Posts: 11,213 Joined: 5-July 04 Member No.: 2 |
 Smart man but you couldn't get away with that today, they'd have jets flying next to you ready to shoot you down.I use that saying too. -------------------- Psa 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV) |
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Apr 8 2009, 03:02 PM
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-------------------- "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell |
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Apr 8 2009, 04:13 PM
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UFO's in the sky - in 15th Century - imagine that Group: Admin Posts: 22,755 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Zeta Reticuli Member No.: 4 |
Kevin, I thought those first reports that said he wanted to get show down were a little strange. Re: Corrigan, I always thought it came from a football game where a guy ran the ball into the wrong end zone, but I guess anyone who does that is called a "Wrong Way Corrigan". -------------------- "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln Light - more light. There are many echoes in the world but few voices. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
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Apr 8 2009, 09:13 PM
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Shiksa drowning in a sea of Pod People Group: Admin Posts: 11,213 Joined: 5-July 04 Member No.: 2 |
Oy, Kevin, not such a bright man, was he.
The plane story is a better story, Daniel, it might not be true but I like it. -------------------- Psa 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV) |
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Apr 8 2009, 09:44 PM
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Patriot Group: Admin Posts: 1,445 Joined: 26-September 05 Member No.: 63 |
I find it a little funny that after flying all this way and not getting shot down as he was trying to do, he lands the plane on the highway and goes into a quick shop to get a Gatorade like no big deal.
-------------------- "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell |
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Apr 8 2009, 10:51 PM
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Shiksa drowning in a sea of Pod People Group: Admin Posts: 11,213 Joined: 5-July 04 Member No.: 2 |
Actually that is pretty funny.
-------------------- Psa 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7, NIV) |
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