This presentation was initially a colloquium delivered as part of the 2014 renaming ceremony of NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Mark Tuttle will share his off-screen insights and outtakes from the First Flights television production.

The making of the TV documentary series First Flights with an internationally renowned icon presented many challenges and gave Tuttle unique insight into the world of celebrities. The presentation features still and video footage, and will provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of traveling for three years with Neil Armstrong in the U.S. and then later during the First World Air games held in Turkey in 1997.

About the instructor: Mark Tuttle.

Mark H. Tuttle has had a long and varied career in media creation and distribution. Working closely with his wife, Donna, they dubbed and sold to television Japanese anime of classical children’s stories; created and sold a worldwide network TV series with Neil Armstrong; and created shows for PBS and large-screen video art installations. Over the years they also published books and magazines for the Baptist World Alliance and many other non-profit organizations.