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The Machines That Built Americachevron_right
S01E02: Plane PioneersIn 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.
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Air Date:
Jul 18, 2021
Runtime:
43 minutes
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Campbell Scott, Travis Taylor, Max Hastings
