superVISIOn. After saying goodbye, he taxied out for take off. Somewhat unusual was the wing-down take off ... but perhaps he was trying to catch a last glimpse of the crowd waving farewell from the Amboy Field. Years later after learning his address, I mailed Doug Corrigan a set of photographs. His most gracious response arrived by return mail, and he had included a photograph of himself in the cockpit of "Sunshine" shortly after modi"" fication. At an earlier time he was employed at the Ryan plant as a welder and had worked on C()l. Charles A. Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis", which he noted on the rear of that photograph .
The Wright J6-5, 165 hp engine, Serial 11197, built in May 1929 which powered Doug Corrigan's Curtiss Robin "Sunshine" across the Atlantic from Floyd Bennett Field to Baldonnel Field, Dublin, Ireland on July 17, 1938.
ABOVE - Wing-low take off from Amboy Field, Syracuse, N. Y. on con足 tinuation of Post-Atlantic Flight tour.
LEFT - NX9243, Curtiss Robin on parking ramp of the old Amboy Field, Syracuse, N. Y. Corrigan purchased the plane originally from Frank Cordova for $325.00. Note the fuel tanks visible through window of cockpit, forward of pilot's seat. 14