Greetings loyal airmen.  Hope you are all enjoying this wonderful summer season.  Our son, Scott, is up from Conn. with his wife Katie, and two adorable kids, Taryn & Logan. It's so much fun for us to have them home. 

Last week we announced the release of our children's book.   ALERT NOTICE – Within the last 48 hours we learned that the printer had upgraded their entire system and in this process, several accounts were randomly deleted.  One of these was our for Yard Elves Visit Inspiration Playground.  So if you have attempted to log on to our link (on the Air Fare Page) only to get nowhere, we apologize.  Please bear with us.  Sadly the only way to fix the problem is to download the entire file all over again. Our designer says it should be done by Monday night, next week, ergo you should be able to log on Tues. and find the book.

Also, do take note that we have purposely held off selling this book through the big distribution channels like Amazon and Barnes & Noble so that you, our friends, family and loyal airmen, could buy the book at the discount price of $15.50 direct from the printers.  In a few weeks we will be taking it to those high-selling centers and when that happens, the price of the book will go up across the board.  Sorry, but that is out of our control.  Once a our printer offers the books to Amazon & Barnes & Noble, and they raise the price to add their profit margin, then the printer brings their price up to match.  So, once again, the $15.50 is a special, limited time price for you reading this. Please, after Monday, avail yourself of it before it is gone.

LETTER FROM THE GOVERNATOR

Back in the late 1970s I had the fun of writing the TERMINATOR comic series for Now Comics.  The book, at that time, was based on the first blockbuster movie of the same name, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.  And as most of you well know, after a very successful acting career,  Mr.Schwarzenegger went into politics and is now the Honorable Governor of California.  What you do not know is that one of his bodyguards went to college with our son, Alan, and they remain close friends.  A few months back, Alan reminded his pal that his stepfather had once written Terminator comic books.  One thing led to another until both of them thought it would be very cool if I sent the Governor autographed copies of the books.  I was only to happy to oblige and put together a package of sixteen issues, signed them all, and sent them to Alan.  He in turn forwarded the package to his old college chum, who then presentend them to the Governor.

Thus, a week ago I found an envelope in my mailbox from the Office of the Governor, Sacramento, CA.  Inside was a short, wonderful thank you letter from Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator himself.  In his note he said getting those comics brought back lots and lots of wonderful memories of when he made that movie.  He also added that he has absolutely no time to read for pleasure these days, the duties of his office keeping busy 24/7.
But he did promise, one day, in the not too distant future, to read every single one of them.  He finished by thanking me sincerely for thinking of him and sending them along.  What a truly gracious letter from a man I truly admire.  You have to know it will be framed and given a place of honor on the walls of the Batcave.  Too cool.

STAR TREK RULES THE UNIVERSE

Loyal airmen, if you ever entertained the idea that there was one part of our American culture not affected by the world of Star Trek, guess again.  The above ad was sent to me this week by my friend, Joe Morneau, himself an avid golfer and big-time sci-fi fan. When I initially saw it, I thought Joe was pulling my leg.  A golf putter in the shape of the Starship Enterprise!!  Oh, please, I thought.  But then I checked the manufacturer, Golfsmith, and they are one hundred percent serious.  This putter is real and they are selling it!  I haven't stopped laughing yet.
What next, Star Wars 9 Irons?  Truly, life is always way-way stranger than anything we could ever imagine.

And there you go for another week at the old Airship 27 Hangar, amigos.  Thanks, as ever, for stopping by.
Ron – Over and Out.