World Premiere at AirVenture a Huge Hit!

Thousands Attend Premiere and Encore Events

The first public showing of The Aviators: Episode One was held at the famous Theatre in the Woods at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI on Friday, July 30th with an encore on Saturday, July 31st.

Over 5,000 excited viewers were in attendance to watch the inaugural showing of The Aviators and the response from the crowd was universally positive. Episode One featured segments on the Tiger Moth biplane, the U.S. Air Force's mammoth C5M, an interview with Miracle on the Hudson hero (and AirVenture rockstar) Jeff Skiles, a flat spin survivor, and a segment on AirVenture itself.

As an interesting note, in the 36 hours following the premiere The Aviators website received over ONE MILLION HITS! In July we set a new record with a total of over 1.7 million hits in addition to the thousands of new subscribers to the online members area, the digital magazine, and the newsletter. Thanks for your continued support and enthusiasm!

New Broadcast Times Announced

UNITED STATES

More and more Public Broadcasting Stations across the country are scheduling The Aviators for airing in September. So far we know about...

KPTS in Wichita, KS                                       

WPBT in Miami, FL

KSPS in Spokane, WA

WLIW in New York, NY

UEN in Salt Lake City, UT

KNME in Albuquerque, NM

KACV in Amarillo, TX

WXXI in Rochester, NY

WCNY in Syracuse, NY

KLRN in San Antonio, TX

WFYI Indianapolis, IN

KMBH in Harlingen, TX

KPBT in Midland, TX

SCETV in Columbia, SC

NET in Lincoln, NE

KEDT in Corpus Christi, TX

WKYU in Bowling Green, KY

Prairie Public in Fargo, ND

ETPTV in Knoxville, TN

KETC in St. Louis, MO

OPBin Portland, OR

KCPT in Kansas City, MO

OETA in Oklahoma City, OK

MPB in Jackson, MS

WNED in Buffalo, NY

Don't see your station? Contact them and ask about their plans for The Aviators. We'd appreciate your sharing their response with us so we can inform other viewers. Please take a moment to send us a quick email or post on our Facebook wall.

Some stations are planning to start running the series a little later in the year. For broadcast dates and times from YOUR LOCAL PBS station, check your local listings or use the PBS Station Finder to contact your local station.

CANADA

Global TV

Saturdays 11:30 am (East of AB, Sundays 7:00 am in AB)

starting Sept. 4

CHEK (BC, also nationally on Bell 255)

Wednesdays at 7:00 pm

Sundays at 10:30 pm

starting Sept. 22

Keep visiting www.TheAviators.TV and join the Update List continued broadcaster updates.