$1 million in cash and prizes will be distributed among pilots as they compete in the air and/or on the ground for 15 days as the teams of pilots accomplish the four-corner sprint in the fastest time!

We at Papillon Productions have worked long and hard on this production to make it a reality.  One thing we were told by one of the Vice-Presidents of television development at NBC Universal is that, 'You have only failed when you quit or give-up, and no one can ever utter those words about Papillon, it's staff and crew." Those words made me ever more determined to complete a dream I started with three years ago.  We have all come a long way and I realize that many pilots who saw my dream as a reality in the making, were the pilots who have stood by me since day one. Those pilots like Marwin and Darwin Goff, Randy Brookshire and Jim Chaney, Steve Applebaum and John Keating, Mark Lamon, Mark Phillips, Rachel and Frank Hoffmann, Rob Herndon, Dino Medori and Alexander Wagner, Jason Vandergriff and Paul Shaffer, Lisa Bacchus Shaffer, Ricky Day, Ashley Sheehan, Dana Martin-Whatley, Jerry Korteum and Michael Schmid, Nick Taracio and William G. Moore, Ron and Nancy Hawke, Michael Shields and Ric Gass, Mark Kiedrowski and Ron Spencer, Joel Juene and Scot Miles, Wade Thompson and Jim Wilson, Lance Wing, and many, many, many more.  With these pilots and several more we are determined to make history together.  We hope by selling the one million books and   Soundtrack CD's in Atlanta we will be able to finance the race ourselves.     

AS these pilots will take to the air on the morning of October 18th, 2008 we will wish them luck and encourage them. Suggestions of safety will be whispered as we remind them that they won't be able to enjoy the winnings if they never reach the final destination.  And, finally we will say a prayer for each pilot, each co-pilot, and each aircraft, as the greatest air race ever takes off?