Triumph in the Skies

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Triumph in the Skies
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衝上雲霄
GenreModern drama
Starring Francis Ng
Flora Chan
Joe Ma
Myolie Wu
Michelle Ye
Ron Ng
Sammul Chan
Bosco Wong
Kenneth Ma
Nancy Wu
Shek Sau
Mary Hon
Louisa So
Jerry Lamb
Opening theme"歲月如歌" by
Eason Chan
Ending theme"我不愛你" by
Flora Chan
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes40
Production
ProducerPoon Ka Tak
Running time45 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original network TVB Jade
Original release27 October (2003-10-27) 
19 December 2003 (2003-12-19)
Related
Triumph in the Skies II (2013)

Triumph in the Skies (film) (2015)

Triumph in the Skies is a Hong Kong drama television series that premiered on TVB in 2003, starring Francis Ng, Flora Chan, Joe Ma and Myolie Wu. The drama tells the lives of pilots working for the fictional Solar Airways based on Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific.

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It has been cited as one of TVB's best serial dramas at the time, and there were plans for a sequel to be filmed in 2006. However, it was delayed due to negotiations with an airline to provide support.[ citation needed ] In May 2011, TVB announced that a sequel was in development, with filming beginning in the early months of 2012. The sequel, titled Triumph in the Skies II , aired on TVB Jade on 15 July 2013.

Triumph in the Skies has been compared to the now-cancelled NBC series LAX . It sparked an interest in aviation when first aired amongst Hong Kong viewers, as well as an interest in a small doll named "Triangel" featured early on in the series.

Location filming included Japan, Italy, and Australia, with sequence shots at Parafield Airport in Adelaide being memorable for their in-depth depiction of flight training.

Synopsis

Triumph in the Skies is about the daily life of the staff of the fictional airline Solar Airways. The show revolves around the friendship of Samuel Tong (Francis Ng) and Vincent Ling (Joe Ma), childhood friends who became pilots for Solar Airways and who have to balance their friendship, professional life, as well as their goals to become Hong Kong's first ethnic Chinese captain. Samuel and Vincent are then thrust into a love triangle relationship with Belle (Flora Chan), an air stewardess with Solar.

After many misunderstandings and lost opportunities, the love triangle came to an end. Vincent and Belle became married, while Samuel became acquainted with Zoe (Myolie Wu), a sick passenger who came to idolize him. She became part of the airport's ground crew due to the hospitality she encountered during that eventful journey back to Hong Kong.

All the while, Solar begins cadet recruitment. Samuel Tong's long lost younger brother Issac (Ron Ng) enters the cadet recruitment to prove to his brother Samuel that he can make it as a cadet, there he meets Chris (Bosco Wong), Donald (Sammul Chan), Roy (Kenneth Ma), and Zita (Michelle Ye) and they subsequently become close friends. Like his brother, Issac is thrust into a love triangle while cadet training in Australia with Zita (Michelle Ye) and Donald (Sammul Chan) which leaves the other two stuck in the middle of the love triangle.

As Belle and Samuel accept each other as close friends, a jealous Vincent grows contentious in his friendship with Samuel. Misunderstandings between Belle and Samuel, led Vincent to the verge of divorce, before seeing the light in his relationship but not before a tragic accident takes his life. Belle spirals into depression and delusional thoughts while grieving for her husband. But Zoe, who has been in an awkward and often one-sided romantic relationship with a much older Samuel, begins to second guess her relationship and decides to let Samuel pursue a second chance with the newly-widowed Belle.

After an eventful journey in their cadet training, the friends pass their cadet training to become pilots with Solar Airways.

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