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Across the Pacific.

Across the Pacific

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

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Tue, 4/22 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Airborne

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.

Tue, 4/22 at 3:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Latin Laboratory

Pan American dominates service to Latin America; Britain bars Juan Trippe's planes from landing, nixing his plans to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Tue, 4/22 at 4:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS HDTV

Another Ocean

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.