• June 25, 2003

Discovery Wings Channel's newest series is a four-part look into four celebrities' passion in aviation. Actor Dennis Quaid, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, racing champion Bobby Allison and Star Trek actor Michael Dorn will share the dreams that first put them in the pilot's seat and take viewers on rides in their own planes. Celebrity Wings, which is hosted by Brianne Leary, will launch on June 30 at 8 p.m. with four back-to-back episodes. The episodes will have encore presentations on consecutive Mondays in July at 9:30 p.m. "These men have achieved great success in their respective fields, but when they climb into their planes, they feel the same childlike wonder familiar to all who take to the skies. Discovery Wings Channel understands and celebrities that enthusiasm, which has helped make the networks the destination for aviation programming," said Discovery Wings Channel SVP David Karp.