Greetings Loyal Airmen.  Here we go into the Labor Weekend and the unofficial end of the summer season.
Recently, the Air Chief's home town of Fort Collins, CO was invaded by hundreds of cyclist from around the world competing in the first USA Pro Challenge race; the course winding its way through our town and into the majestic Rocky Mountains.

Local Coloradan horsemen ride along cheering the cyclist in the first ever USA Pro Challenge as they make their way through Fort Collins, CO.  Photo courtesy of the local newspaper.

On the pulp fun side of things, Airship 27 Productions released its newest title this past week; THE BAGMAN vs THE WORLD'S FAIR by writer B.C. Bell.  This is the second book we've put out featuring Bell's humorous pulp hero and his first full length novel.  It's really a winner in every way.  The stunning cover above was rendered by artist Laura Givens with assistance by our Art Director/book designer, Rob Davis. It is getting tons of great comments all over the internet.  The book is now on sale at Amazon.com as a hard copy or digitally on Kindle, as well as a PDF download via our own Airship 27 website.  Please do check out this wonderful book; especially if you are a native of Chicago.

                                      
On the comic book front, the Air Chief and his colleague, writer Bill Gladman, are hard at work on the third Simon Pryce mystery comic book, PRYCE FOR THE ASKING – Man of Ash.  As we did with the previous two books, the story will be run as a weekly webstrip, a new page appearing every single week at (www.ComicRelated.com) until it is completed.  When done it will be collected as a print comic. Above is the cover image by the book's art team, penciler James Taylor and inker Ken McFarlane; Brant Fowler will provides the lettering and when the book is ready, this cover will be colored.  Stay tuned, mystery fans, we will let you know when page one goes up.  We love writing the adventures of this Detroit based private eye.

And finally we thought we'd provide you Loyal Airmen with another fine piece of illustrative artwork.  Ever since starting Airship 27 Productions, our fans, noticing our name and dirigible logo, have always asked us why we didn't do an airship anthology.  Well, after mulling it over for a while, the Air Chief finally decided to give it a go and we are now assembling the first volume our new ZEPPELIN TALES anthology.  Issue one will feature a short story by Jim Beard and a huge novella by Ian Watson.  Artist Mike Fyles has painted the cover and Portuguese artist, Pedro Cruz is providing the twelve interior illustration like the one above.  We are extremely excited about this new title and can't wait to bring it to all of you.  Stay tuned.

As most of  you Loyal Airmen know, this year, we debut our first Airship Crew Premium Patch at both our con visits, Windy City in Chicago and later Pulp Fest in Columbus.  Our fans could get a free book buying two of our titles; or paying $3 for one.  Well, the cons are over and we are finally offering the patches via mail orders for all you Loyal Airmen.  What you have to do is e-mail Art Director Rob Davis and he will let you know the complete price, which will include the $3 plus a some added fee for mailing….and how to pay him, either by check, or digitally via PayPal.  Rob's e-mail is (www.robmdavis@me.com)  Note, we only have a limited supply left, so contact him now and don't be left out.

As you can see things are always busy at Hangar 27.  This past week the Air Chief was invited to be a guest at yet another Colorado comic con; Rocky Mountain Con, to be held Nov. 9 & 10.  Proceeds for the con will go to the Aurora Rise fund, which helps victims of that awful movie house shooting incidents last year.  The con is in its early stages and if you would like to learn more about it, please visit their website (www.rockymountaincon.com) –

And that wraps up this week's Flight Log, Loyal Airmen, as ever, thanks so much for stopping by. See you back here next week.
Ron – Over & Out!