The Machines That Built America

The Machines That Built America

Plane Pioneers (1x2)


Air date: Jul 18, 2021

In 1910, airplanes are a novelty, fragile wooden concoctions that float in the air--and crash. But that doesn't stop two young dreamers with a passion for this newfangled machine from imagining a very different future: one in which planes carry millions of passengers across the country, even across the seas. To realize that vision and create a lucrative new market, William Boeing and Donald Douglas take on automobile titan Henry Ford, infamous Dutch aviation giant Anthony Fokker--and each other.

  • Premiered: Jul 2021
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 13
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