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Across the Pacific

2020NR7.9

This is a 3 part series from PBS, 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...

This is a 3 part series from PBS, 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.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Airborne

1. Airborne

Aired: May 18, 2020

Airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, airplane builder Igor...

Episode 2 Latin Laboratory

2. Latin Laboratory

Aired: May 25, 2020

As they push southward, Trippe, Sikorsky, Lindbergh and Leuteritz build large...

Episode 3 Another Ocean

3. Another Ocean

Aired: Jun 1, 2020

Defying the skeptics, Pan Am builds an airway to Asia, allowing its airplanes...

Info about Across the Pacific

Current Status: Ended

Genres:History