November, 2000
CONTACT: Russ Hodge
(703) 243-3005

LEGENDS OF AIRPOWER DISTRIBUTION CONTINUES TO GROW

LEGENDS OF AIRPOWER, the thirteen part biographical documentary series, has reached a public television distribution milestone this week: more than one-third of the United States is now able to see LEGENDS only six week after its first feed to public television stations.

Already, LEGENDS is appearing on at least one public television station in four of the top five markets. In San Francisco, two public television stations are airing the series simultaneously. And several markets, including Tampa, Nashville, and Orlando, are airing episodes more than once.

"We are overwhelmed by the manner in which LEGENDS has been embraced by public television viewers," said Russ Hodge, Executive producer of the series. "The success of LEGENDS proves that there is always a large market for heroes."

The series, which details the exploits of legendary air power figures such as Chuck Yeager, John Glenn, and Jimmy Doolittle, also focuses on the enormous contributions of others, including Tuskeegee Airmen founder Benjamin Davis, Gabby Gabreski, America's greatest living Ace, and actor/aviator Jimmy Stewart.

LEGENDS has received carriage commitments from more than 150 stations covering in excess of seventy-five percent of the U.S., including at least one station in each of the top twenty markets.

LEGENDS is underwritten in part by a grant from the Aerospace Education Foundation, and is presented by South Carolina Educational Television.

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