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.
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.