Following World War I, airline executive Juan Trippe, pilot Charles Lindbergh, aeroplane builder Igor Sikorsky and radio engineer Hugo Leuteritz join forces to build an airline.
Pan American dominates service to Latin America, but Britain bars Juan Trippe's planes from landing, nixing his plans to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Pan American builds an airway to Asia, allowing its aeroplanes to hopscotch across the ocean by landing at five stepping stone islands.
