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ANCESTRY

  • On 10 Jan | '2025

Greetings Loyal Airmen, this week we thought we’d have some fun by talking about our ancestry. Above is the Fortier family crest. Our oldest son, Scott, found this on-line years ago and sent it along. We thought it was pretty cool and did some research. Apparently we trace our ancestry back to Normandy where the original Fortiters were both vintners and sea merchants.

Then having the crest in our files, we had our Art Director Rob Davis do a little photo-shop magic and put it in this awesome battle painting. For you Loyal Airmen at all interested, we learned that in Normandy today there is a Fortier/Picard vineyard whose wines are sold around the world. So the Air Chief and a certain Star Trek captain have a connection. You just can’t make this stuff up.

THE CRIMSON NUN # 2

And in keeping with the battling knights theme from above, it seemed only fitting to show off these new pages from Issue # 2 of The Crimson Nun being illustrated by artist Jesse Thomas wherein our young hero is dreaming of her hero, Joan of Arc. These pages are beautiful.

Happy to let you know the Airship 27 Podcast # 98 is now up at You Tube. Simply cut and paste this link to the show. The Air Chief and Chief Engineer Rob Davis look back at the 25 titles we released in 2024 and tell a few bad jokes. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGp8TM3fb18)

HAMLET’S END

Meanwhile artist Zane DeGaine finished all the pencils for our western HAMLET’S END # 1 this week. Next come setting up the Kickstarter Campaign that we hope to launch in Feb. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION

Our first Airship 27 Production release of the new year is here. It’s THE BATTLE FOR STORMREST Part One, the second the Chronicles of Altiva sword and sorcery series by Teel James Glenn, with artist Ron Hill providing both the interior illustrations and the cover. Available now at Amazon in paperback and soon on Kindle. As ever, Loyal Airmen, thanks for your continued support.

THE LEVON CADE MOVIE IS ALMOST HERE.

One of the best action thriller paperback series of the past ten years has been the Levon Cade series by veteran comic-scribe, and a good pal of the Air Chief, Chuck Dixon. Now, his first Cade novel has been adapted to the big screen with a script by Sylvester Stallone and directed by the same fellow who did last year’s The Beekeeper. We’ve been waiting for this movie ever since we learned it was in production. And wish it and Chuck huge success when it arrives. Hopefully it will be the first of several. You can catch the trailer for it on You Tube.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen. We’re back at it in this New Year. We want to end this week’s Flight Log with offering our prayers to all the Californians devastated by the horrible wild fires. May Our Lord grant them comfort in these hours of pain and suffering and send them the courage to persevere. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Ron – Over & Out!

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