ACROSS THE PACIFIC tells the story of a great milestone in aviation history: the 1935 crossing of the Pacific Ocean by a Pan American Airways flying boat known as the China Clipper. The documentary series recounts the development of this technological innovation - led by Pan Am's chief executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airplane engineer Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz - with dramatic re-enactments, interviews with historians and biographers, and archival photographs, newsreel clips and film.
Thu, Oct 10 | 2:00 P.M. |
Airborne
NH World (11.3)
The film's four main characters - airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airplane builder Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz - separately struggle to find a place in post-World War I aviation. |
Thu, Oct 10 | 3:00 P.M. |
Latin Laboratory
NH World (11.3)
As they push southward, Trippe, Sikorsky, Lindbergh and Leuteritz build larger flying boats, harness radio to navigate safely over great distances, and, with help from the U. |
Thu, Oct 10 | 4:00 P.M. |
Another Ocean
NH World (11.3)
With his path across the Atlantic blocked, Juan Trippe surprises even his own staff by turning to the Pacific. |
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