Schedule
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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. -
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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. -
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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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