Alan Alda's unctuous, unprincipled Owen Brewster, the senator who went after Hughes on Trippe's behalf when TWA tried to break Pan Am's stranglehold on international routes.

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He sustained himself financially by giving flying lessons and barnstorming around the country before becoming the chief pilot for Queen City Flying Service and eventually a pilot for Pan Am, where he would take on the responsibility of flying the company President and Founder, Juan Trippe.

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