{"id":9439,"date":"2026-05-21T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/?p=9439"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:17:27","slug":"first-landings-touches-down-on-prestigious-award-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/first-landings-touches-down-on-prestigious-award-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"First Landings Touches Down on Prestigious Award Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Air TV’s brand new YouTube channel has been shortlisted for a prestigious industry award.<\/p>\n

First Landings has been shortlisted for “Best Short-form Format” at this year’s Broadcast Digital Awards.<\/p>\n

It’s an innovative new YouTube series with a simple format, which has launched to great acclaim from both within and outside the industry.<\/p>\n

Capturing the genuine heart-stopping moments when student pilots attempt land a plane completely on their own for the very first time \u2013 this series launched in February 2026 and has already attracted a loyal fanbase which continues to grow.<\/p>\n

Filmed using a mobile fixed rig of 360 degree and fixed cameras within the aircraft, each weekly video captures the genuine moment the instructor steps out and a new student pilot is left to do it alone. Each of the main videos is also complemented by a series of vertical shorts to maintain fan engagement between each film.<\/p>\n

The Broadcast Digital Awards celebrates the very best of digital production in the UK and the 2026 event will take place on 1 July at The Brewery in London. Full details are here: https:\/\/www.broadcastdigitalawards.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Congratulations to all the nominees, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the event in London in July!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Air TV’s brand new YouTube channel has been shortlisted for this year’s Broadcast Digital Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9441,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9439\/revisions\/9441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/airtv.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}