Greeting Loyal Airmen, and a Happy Halloween to all of you.  Hope it's a fun time with lots of parties, horror movies and plenty of Trick or Treating for every Loyal Airmen.  We here at Hangar 27 are excited to roll out our tenth and final Airship 27 Production Pulp title of the year.

SEASON OF MADNESS is a Doctor Watson by Aaron Smith.  When a deadly drug begins infecting the people of London, it is up to Dr.Seward (of the Dracula novel) to discover the origin of the deadly powder.  He seeks out Sherlock Holmes only to discover the great detective is out of the country on a secret mission for the government and so he enlist the aid of Dr.Watson.  Together they must solve the mystery before more people fall victim to a Season of Madness.  The book features interior illustrations by artist Pedro Cruz and a gorgeous cover (very appropriate for Halloween) by Rob Davis and Shane Evans.  Like all our Airship 27 pulp titles, it is available at our on-line store, reached simply by clicking on to the dirigible logo to the left of this column.  According to our publisher, our most successful book of 2009 has been SHERLOCK HOLMES – CONSULTING DETECTIVE.  It is our hope that all of you who bought and enjoyed that volume will take a look at this gripping thriller.  Trust the Air Chief, you won't be disappointed.

As mentioned above, this is our last scheduled release for 2009.  This has been a banner year for Airship 27 Productions, but rest assured, Loyal Airmen, we are not resting on our laurels.  During the remaining months of the year, we will continue working on new titles in the works which will be debuting in 2010.  We are very, very excited about all of these.  Some are original works starring classic pulp heroes we've yet to work with like the Black Bat and Ravenwood – Stepson of Mystery, while others are returning ala our second volume of Jim Anthony Super Detective and a hopeful volume four of our favorite pulp hero, Secret Agent X.  We've also got a few full length novels we think you will enjoy.  So stay tuned.

               
                          The Fortier Family Celebrating Gabrielle Fortier's 85th Birthday.

In just a few days, our mother, Gabrielle Fortier will be turning 85, on Nov. 1st, All Saints Day.  Last Sunday afternoon the Air Chief and his siblings put together a party to surprise her. Seeing that it was a week early, Mom didn't have a clue and was truly bowled over when she arrived at the restaurant and found us all waiting for her.
One of the highlights was the family debut of Ms.Kylie Robinson, my niece's new baby daughter.  That's Emily and her husband Rob at the front left of this photo.  At the far end on the left, his gray head sticking up, is the Air Chief, and that's Mom at the head of the table with two month old Kylie in her arms.  Note, the little curly headed fellow to the right front is our grandson Logan and his bearded Dad, son Scott, the fellow responsible for creating and maintaining this site.

               
                           Gabrielle “Mom” Fortier and her third great grandchild, Kylie Robinson.

All of us had a grand time.  Sadly Val, who helped plan the event, is still in Colorado and couldn't join us.  Still the party was a ball, and Mom was truly happy to have her family all gathered together like this.

Speaking of Val, she and everyone out there in Ft.Collins, CO, have been dealing with a two day snowstorm that left over eight inches of the white stuff on the ground.  Here's hoping it stays out there.  Ye Old Air Chief is still picking up the millions of brightly colored leaves carpeting our front and back yards.  Will most likely be doing for another week before all the trees around the house are nude.

We want to thank all you baseball loving Loyal Airmen who commented on my Flight Log baseball rant last week.  We do stand by our words.  As we pen these words, Game Two of the World Series is on and the Yankees, having lost Game One, are battling to even things up before the teams travel to Philadelphia for Game Three.  We're going to be sorry to see the season come to an end. 

Finally, before we sign off, we'd like to remind you Loyal Airmen that we still continue to write our Pulp Fiction Review column. See the link underlined above this column.  This past week we had the good fun of reviewing a new children's book we wanted to bring to your attentions.

CROMWELL DIXON'S SKY-CYCLE is based on a true story of a 14 year old boy who in 1907 build a modified bicycle and tied it to a giant balloon and actually flew it over Columbus, Ohio.  The book is beautifully illustrated and the story is simply amazing.  There's even a black and white photo of Cromwell and his mother at the book's back.  If you, like the Air Chief, are a fan of aviation history, this is the book for you or some young dreamer in your family.

That's it Loyal Airmen.  HAPPY HALLOWEEN.  By this time next week, Ye Old Air Chief will be a year old, turning 63 come 5th Nov.  It's been a very wild sixty-three years, made special because of good people like you.
Thanks ever.

Ron – Over & Out!