Across the Pacific

Overview

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.

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Stephen Lyons

creator

Cast

Jim Powers

Fokker Passenger

Total episodes: 1

Jim Powers

Fokker Passenger

Total episodes: 1

Extra

Release Date

May 18, 2020

Last air Date

June 1, 2020

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Networks

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seasons

Miniseries

Aired on: 2020 | 3 Episodes

Following WW1, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airline builder Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz join forces to build an airline to South America and Trippe has dreams of conquering the world with international flights.