Fox 61 Television News Coverage

The team was joined outside at our home base sponsor JET CENTER's newly refurbished welcome center and pilot lounge with Jim Altman and his cameraman Jeff from Fox61 news on 6/14/16. The ladies got a chance to talk about the race and show off the plane the day before the official launch towards the start of the race in Prescott, Arizona.

The crosswind was picking up so the crew took Jeff up to do a circle around the pattern and see Hartford from the sky while reporter Altman took shots of the team taking off and landing from the ground. They outfitted the plane with an outboard starboard wing and horizontal stabilizer 3/4 view HD sport cameras as well as two additional windshield mount interior sport cams. Jeff sat in the back seat and filmed with an HD handycam of the Instrument cluster in the aircraft along with some of Teresa and Denise's radio calls.

All in all it was a fantastic experience. Hartford Jet Center was very gracious and accommodating with the treatment of the crew and visiting reporters. The line folks cleaned the windshield, positioned the plane for fast access and made the process as easy as possible.

The three minute feature appeared on the 5pm and 10pm newscast and was well produced and informative for all. You can view the finished product at Fox61 under 'Purple Heart Flyers' or
simply follow this link to the story and video file. -ed

  LINK TO VIDEO / NEWS STORY ON FOX 61 BROADCAST