Brookstone Presents the Parrot AR.Drone Flight School

WHO/

WHAT:

Los Angeles-area residents are invited to experience hands-on flight training – flying a helicopter with their iPhone – at the West Coast's first Brookstone AR.Drone Flight School. Brookstone, the only brick-and-mortar retailer where consumers can see the AR.Drone fly, is teaming up with Parrot, the creators of the AR.Drone, for an event that offers hands-on training and expert flight demonstrations of the AR.Drone.

The ideal holiday gift for technology enthusiasts, Dads, boyfriends and anyone with the urge to fly, the AR.Drone is the first quadricopter controlled by an iPod touch®, iPhone® or iPad™ device. The Parrot AR.Drone combines real and virtual worlds to offer an unparalleled flight experience. A front camera broadcasts and streams what the AR.Drone is seeing onto the iPod touch, iPhone or iPad screen, providing an opportunity for augmented reality games.

WHEN /

WHERE:

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Brookstone Store, 1311 Third Street

Promenade, Santa Monica

Schedule of Events:

Open to media and the public: 11:00am - 8:00pm PST

STORY:

• Pre-Event Visual/Interview -- AR.Drone demos by trained pilots and filming / photo opportunities for media are available by appointment on Thursday, November 18 and Friday, November 19, 2010.
• Visual/Interview -- Hands-on training for on-air talent with an expert pilot on flying and maneuvering the Parrot AR.Drone
• Visual/Interview – Reactions from event attendees and interviews about their first hands-on experience seeing and flying the Parrot AR.Drone
• Visual -- Brookstone's Exclusive AR.Drone Flight School places enthusiasts in the flight seat to learn basic and advanced maneuvers with the AR.Drone

CONTACTS:

Brookstone:

Renee Martin, Martin Media

845-987-1665 (o) / 845-325-2051 (c)

Additional Brookstone Products:

Kristina Lynch, TARA, Ink.

305-864-3434 x153 (o) / 954-415-4639 (c)

Parrot/AR.Drone:

Tim Wieland, Airfoil Public Relations

248-304-1414 (o) / 734-476-6620 (c)

Angela Leon, Airfoil Public Relations

248-304-1445 (o) / 517-420-7775 (c)