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AirsideTV.com Announces Upcoming Centennial Of Flight Video Features
Online Aviation Video Channel Helps Promote The 100 Years Of Powered Flight

Daytona Beach, Fla.
May 20, 2003

AirsideTV, the world' first and only online aviation video channel announces the next installment of video features dedicated to the Centennial Of Flight celebration. AirsideTV has signed an agreement to promote the U.S. Centennial Of Flight Commission's national campaign, Centennial of Flight: Born of Dreams - Inspired by Freedom through Web-based programming and live Web coverage of centennial of flight events on both AirsideTV.com and the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission Web site.

The online aviation video channel is currently featuring interviews with Gen. Jack Dailey, Chair of The Commission and Director Of The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Washington D.C. , and Deputy Director Lt Col. Don Lopez. AirsideTV will feature additional video coverage of the museum and it's new Stephen H. Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport over the next few weeks.

AirsideTV is also featuring coverage of several airshows dedicated to the 100 years of powered flight. The channel is currently broadcasting highlights from the Duxford airshow and museum in the United Kingdom, which features a host of historic aircraft, including the P-51, Stearman and T-28. The Kemble fly-in - which features several antique and vintage aircraft - will screen for the first time within the next week and periodically from then on. AirsideTV will also offer highlights of the Classic Fighters airshow from Omaka, New Zealand featuring a great line-up of WW-1 fighters, including the Sopwith Camel, Fokker Triplane and much more. Some of these treasured aircraft are owned by Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson.

Finally, AirsideTV will broadcast delayed coverage of Sun N' Fun 2003 where the Countdown To Kitty Hawk pavilion debuted. In the second week of June, the channel will offer unprecedented online coverage from the 2003 Paris Airshow.

AirsideTV offers 24-hour streaming video of a wide variety of aviation topics including air shows, modern and historic aviation documentaries, and aviation news. In February 2003, AirsideTV began promoting the 100 years of powered flight with the first Centennial of Flight video program featuring the oldest flying aircraft in the world, Mikael Carlson's Bleriot XI. They have also have produced a video feature on the Lancaster bomber, including an interview with pilots who flew the aircraft in combat during World War II.

AirsideTV has plans to cover more centennial-related events, including EAA's AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., The Dayton Airshow and North Carolina's First Flight Centennial Celebration in December. On December 17 in North Carolina, AirsideTV.com will broadcast live the attempt to re-create the Wright brother's first flight from Kill Devil Hills. AirsideTV is currently the only Web-based broadcaster offering consistent and live coverage of Centennial events.

About AirsideTV:

AirsideTV is an Internet-based aviation video channel, offering the only interactive online video channel with a major moving picture portal to the aviation world. Airsidetv.com is a multi-layered, highly resourced, Web-based 'hub' for 360 degree access to the dynamic industry, culture and personalities of aviation and its related industries. AirsideTV offers a daily video program and a mix of documentaries, news and other video features. In addition, they offer textual news coverage and weekly commentary pieces, which are supplemented by our broadcast of Aviation News Today. http://www.airsidetv.com

Contact:

Arturo Weiss
AirsideTV
386.615.6519
airsidetv@earthlink.net



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