hours, establishing an East–West record for women. On September 12, 1935, Ingalls made the return trip in 13:34:05 hours, setting a new record. On September 4, 1936, Louise Thaden and Blanche Noyes flew a Beechcraft, powered by a Wright Whirlwind engine, from Bennett Field to Los Angeles, California, in 14:55:01, and established an East–West transcontinental speed record. On December 3, 1938, Jacqueline Cochrane flew a Seversky, powered by two Pratt & Whitney Wasp engines, from Burbank, California, to Bennett Field in 10:27:55 hours, setting the women's West–East transcontinental record. Famed aviator Wiley Post twice used the field for record-breaking 'round-the-world flights, and developed or adapted technology (such as the Sperry autopilot) there to aid him. Famous aviatrixes of the era, such as Jackie Cochran, Laura Ingalls, and Amelia Earhart broke records at this airfield. Colonel Roscoe Turner was also a frequent visitor at this airfield, often in conjunction with record-breaking flights. From July 10 to 14, 1938, Howard Hughes and four other aviators used Floyd Bennett Field as the start and finish of their July 1938 record-setting circumnavigation of the globe in ninety-one hours (as depicted in the 2004 film The Aviator). Hughes flew a Lockheed 14N Super Electra, around the world in 3 days, 19:08:10 hours. A crowd of 25,000 people greeted his return. Floyd Bennett Field's most sensational flight was probably that of Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan. Despite having been repeatedly denied permission by the authorities to attempt a non-stop flight to Ireland, he "accidentally" crossed the Atlantic anyway. Corrigan used a second-hand surplus aircraft, a Curtiss Robin powered by a Wright Whirlwind J-6 engine, and his flight was registered to go to California. On July 17–18, 1938, Corrigan flew the craft non-stop from Bennett Field to Dublin in 28:13 hours. The 31-year-old pilot claimed to have trouble with his compass and never admitted otherwise. Irish authorities placed his aircraft on a ship and repatriated him and his plane. In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans hailed Corrigan for his "accident", even giving him a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan upon his return. Other significant events at Floyd Bennett Field during the Golden Age of Aviation included: June 3, 1932 – Stanislaus F. Hausner attempted a transatlantic flight from Bennett Field to Warsaw, Poland, in a Bellanca CH Pacemaker, named Rose Marie and powered by a Wright J-6 Whirlwind engine, and made a forced landing at sea. He