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Defying the skeptics, Pan Am builds an airway to Asia, allowing the China Clipper to hopscotch across the world’s widest ocean by landing at five stepping stone islands: Hawaii, Midway, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines.
Across the Pacific is a documentary series about one of the great milestones in aviation history: the 1935 crossing of the Pacific Ocean by a Pan American Airways flying boat, the China Clipper. Juan Trippe, Charles Lindberg, Igor Sikorski, and Hugo Leuteritz together made the impossible possible.
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China Clipper. China Clipper (NC14716) was the first of three Martin M-130 four-engine flying boats built for Pan American Airways and was used to inaugurate the first commercial transpacific airmail service from San Francisco to Manila on November 22, 1935. [1]
- December 1934
- Glenn L. Martin Company
- NC14716
- Martin M-130
Jan 1, 2005 · Witness its construction and historic first flight across the Pacific Ocean, piloted by the legendary Captain Musick in 1935. This was the beginning of the Romantic Period of flight. You'll marvel at the heroic Pan Am construction crews ability to construct island bases on Wake, Midway and Guam.
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Defying the skeptics, Pan Am builds an airway to Asia, allowing the China Clipper to hopscotch across the world's widest ocean by landing at five stepping-stone islands: Hawaii, Midway, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines. Entitled. Watch with a free Prime trial. Watch with Prime. Buy HD $2.99.
