Brookstone Kicks-Off Black Friday at Fashion Centre, Pentagon City with One-of-a-Kind Parrot AR.Drone Flight School Experience

WHO/

WHAT:

Brookstone is kicking off Black Friday by presenting the Parrot AR.Drone Flight School the ultimate interactive flight training experience -- at Fashion Centre, Pentagon City on Friday, November 26. Brookstone, the only brick-and-mortar retailer where consumers can see the AR.Drone fly, and Parrot, creators of the AR.Drone, teamed up to stage the onsite Flight School, giving Washington DC-area consumers their first hands-on training with the season's hottest holiday gift-- the AR.Drone. Brookstone customers will also be able to view expert flight demonstrations of the AR.Drone. Additionally the first 10 customers who buy an AR.Drone onsite at the Brookstone store, Fashion Centre, Pentagon City, on Black Friday will receive a free iPod touch® player.

The Parrot AR.Drone is the first quadricopter controlled by an iPod touch®, iPhone® or iPad™ device, and 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

Friday, November 26, 2010

The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City

WHERE:

5:30am – 5:00pm EST

1100 South Hayes St. / Arlington, VA 22202

CONTACTS:

Brookstone:

Parrot/AR.Drone:

Kristina Lynch, TARA, Ink.

Tim Wieland, Airfoil Public Relations

305.864.3434 x153 (o)

248.304.1414 (o) / 734.476.6620 (c)

954.415.4639 (c)

Angela Leon, Airfoil Public Relations

248.304.1445 (o) / 517.420.7775 (c)

Renee Martin, Martin Media

845.325.2051 (c)