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Since it began in 1985, EAA TV has been a prime player in the aviation video market. In addition to producing award-winning documentaries, how-to and specialty videos, the staff also handles internal a/v communication and is responsible for covering the annual EAA AirVenture event, the world's largest gathering of sport aviation enthusiasts. Oshkosh becomes the world's busiest airport during the week-long event, and multiple camera crews take advantage of the influx of aircraft to collect footage and story ideas for the coming year. More than 100 hours of betacam tape is shot. Producer/Director Scott Guyette manages the department. Since 1988, EAA TV has been based in the Paul Harvey A/V Center, a state-of-the art facility named in honor of the well-known radio personality and long-time EAA patron. The video crew is totally self-contained -- all shooting (including air-to-air and mount camera videography) and editing is done on site. During AirVenture, the staff also provides audiovisual support (installing and maintaining more than 100 TVs, VCRs, DVD-players, and video projectors) and switches a live, nightly program at EAA's outdoor Theater in the Woods. In 1993, EAA branched out into network television and began a beneficial partnership with ESPN. Two consecutive annual specials devoted to AirVenture were so well received that in 1995 ESPN2 negotiated with EAA to produce a monthly aviation news magazine, Ultimate Flights. EAA has also produced a half-hour, bi-weekly series titled Sport Aviation for the Speedvision network (now Speed) that ran for five seasons, numerous specials and two series (From The Ground Up and Learning to Fly) for the Discovery Wings channel, and is currently in negotiations with The Outdoor Channel to create a series scheduled to air starting in Summer, 2005. The team has produced more than 150 episodes of aviation television, and has won numerous awards, including more than a dozen Telly Awards for cable and non-broadcast productions. On-camera talent has included such aviation legends as Patty Wagstaff and Sean D. Tucker, as well as luminaries also known outside the flying community, such as John Denver, Apollo astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad, David Hartman, and Oscar-winner Cliff Robertson. |
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