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Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) June 21, 2007

“Let’s Fly!” Andy’s Airplanes LLC and the Entity, a full service marketing, design and production firm, invites pre-elementary school children ages 3 through 8 and their families to embark on a worldwide adventure by air with the new children’s animated series, Andy’s Airplanes. The new series, which will air in 30 minute segments, is a combination of live action and animation that follows the adventures of 8-year-old Andy, a wide-eyed, hyper-inquisitive “every-boy” who loves to learn about and play with airplanes. The world premiere of the series will take place on July 23, 2007 at AirVenture Oshkosh, in the Skyscape Theatre and will be featured in profile story in AOPA Pilot magazine.

In addition, the show’s complementing website (www.andysairplanes.com) will officially launch today. Here, Andy’s friends can interact with Andy and other fans to learn more about his adventures in real-time, discover aviation, play geography games, and visit a unique reading room where Andy will read to kids, or where kids can read adventures and have an accompanying multimedia experience while they read.

–Andy’s Adventures–

Together with his best friend Yeager, a loyal and energetic (though occasionally discombobulated) ferret, Andy undertakes a series of exciting, imagined adventures in which he pilots an endless variety of airplanes to some of the world’s most exotic and intriguing destinations. At each stop, Andy and Yeager meet interesting and helpful local residents who guide their adventure along while educating them about local cultures, attractions, and imagination-sparking aviation and scientific topics.

–World Premiere–

In the July 23 series debut, Andy and Yeager fly with the legendary Blue Angels and tour the Navy’s newest Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan. Episode two takes viewers on an exciting trip to Hawaii–the land of volcanoes–with Andy piloting a Grumman Albatross seaplane. Episode three finds Andy crossing the Atlantic Ocean to learn about Charles Lindberg’s historic transatlantic flight from New York to Paris, which changed the world of aviation and created a new era of trust in air travel.

–The Origins of Andy–

Andy’s Airplanes was conceived and created by aviation flight instructor and award-winning television producer Jon Pierre Francia, whose passion for aviation and for seeing the spark of learning in children’s eyes led to the creation of Andy (and Yeager). Prior to creating Andy’s Airplanes, Mr. Francia was the producer of another popular series Signingtime, which has become a PBS series. Mr. Francia was responsible for executive producing, writing, editing, directing and marketing the first three episodes of Signingtime and became dedicated to the world of educating children and making a difference in the lives of families in nearly every corner of the world. “I would get calls almost every day from parents thanking me for what I had created and for what it had done for their children,” explained Francia. “When I contemplated doing another series, I knew I had to do something where I could continue making a real difference”. And so, Andy’s Airplanes was born.

Andy’s Airplanes is a mixture of Mr. Francia’s passion for aviation and love of educating and entertaining children. Added Francia, “the fun thing for me is the opportunity we have in this series to explore the world in a fascinating new way for both children and parents. And, we get to do it in a way that is real and tangible; we get to use the greatest vehicle for adventure and travel there is besides our imaginations–the airplane”.

–Positive Appeal for Parents and their Children–

Andy’s Airplanes is designed to appeal to parents as well as children. Unlike many of today’s children’s animation features, with attitude-filled characters and harshness toward parenthood and other social institutions, Andy’s Airplanes maintains a wholesome, positive and uplifting approach to life. Andy himself is portrayed as a considerate, kind and respectful child–albeit one with an extraordinarily precocious imagination. Language and references are uniformly clean and befitting of what should be the relative innocence of 3- to 8-year-old children. At the same time, the show’s characters are developed as real individuals who must confront certain challenges and decisions in life–but again in a simple, uncomplicated manner that children of that age group can understand. Pictures of the Andy’s Airplanes roster of characters can be previewed at: www.andysairplanes.com.

In addition to providing young viewers with a friendly, yet educational look at the world around them, another goal of Andy’s Airplanes is to team up with the aviation community to create excitement and a sense of security about today’s world of aviation with a whole new generation of potential pilots. Concluded Francia, “through Andy, we hope to inspire millions of children around the world to reach out to one another and understand who their global neighbors are in a fun and adventure filled way and, of course, to imbue them with a passion for flying.”

Soon to be released on DVD for home and classroom viewing, Andy’s Airplanes will debut July 23, 2007 at a 3:00 p.m. press conference at the following location:

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Wittman Regional Airport

Skyscape Theatre Booth S28

525 West 20th Avenue

Oshkosh, WI 54902

Andy’s Airplanes will also host a number of fun, family-friendly activities at AirVenture’s Kid Venture center. For more information, please visit www.andysairplanes.com or www.airventure.org for AirVenture Oshkosh details.

–About Andy’s Airplanes–

Andy’s Airplanes, LLC, is an entertainment production and distribution company founded by awarded-winning television producer and aviator Jon Pierre Francia, whose mission is to develop an engaging and lucrative new model of digital entertainment for children aged 3-to-8 years. The heart of Andy’s Airplanes is a series of 3D, quasi-realistic animated shorts that can be deployed as 30-minute broadcast or cable television shows, DVD featurettes, or web-based video casts. Mr. Francia also produced another children’s series Signingtime, which has become a popular PBS program.

–About The Entity–

The team behind Andy’s Airplanes came together through the development of award-winning full-service media production agency known as The Entity, which conceives, develops and produces branding, broadcast and print campaigns, interactive tools and web sites for some of the world’s most recognized products. For more information about The Entity, please visit www.entityagency.com.

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