Across the Pacific

Pan American creates a flying boat called the China Clipper, providing air service to Asia.

Schedule

  • Across the Pacific: TVSS: Iconic

    Across the Pacific

    Airborne

    Thursday
    Oct 10

    1 Hour

    Following World War I, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airplane builder Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz join forces to build an airline to South America.
  • Across the Pacific: TVSS: Iconic

    Across the Pacific

    Latin Laboratory

    Thursday
    Oct 10

    1 Hour

    Pan American dominates service to Latin America; Britain bars Juan Trippe's planes from landing, nixing his plans to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Across the Pacific: Another Ocean: TVSS: Iconic

    Across the Pacific

    Another Ocean

    Thursday
    Oct 10

    1 Hour

    Pan American builds an airway to Asia, allowing its airplanes to hopscotch across the ocean by landing at five stepping stone islands: Hawaii, Midway, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines.

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