Watch The Flying Irishman (1939) Online

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards. Read More

Watch The Flying Irishman online. Featuring Douglas Corrigan and Eddie Quillan, The Flying Irishman is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4.5. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in United States of America and was released on 1939. The Flying Irishman was directed by Leigh Jason. Read Less