The Great Clippers
Show: Wings --> Season: 9 - Flying Boats
AirDate: 1/1/1996
Runtime: 50
Voting: 0 (0)

Overview: Learn how Pan American Airways' giant Clipper flying boats established the world's first air service across two oceans and offered passengers the ultimate in modern transportation. Juan Tripp's contribution to history is well documented with actual footage of the "China Clipper" and much more. To this day, these flying boats depict such romance and nostalgia unmatched by any land plane. Includes also rare footage of the Dornier DO X German Flying Boat.