Greetings Loyal Airmen. It's now late Thursday afternoon and we are writing this early because by the time most of you read these words, Valerie and I will be winging our way to Chicago for the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention.  There we will be joining our Airship 27 Productions partner, Rob Davis, and many, many Loyal Airmen and other pals from the Yahoo Pulp Factory Group.  One of the biggest events of this weekend happens tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Chicago time, where Ye Old Air Chief will announce and present the first ever Pulp Factory Awards for new pulp fiction and art.

        
There is an award for Best Pulp Novel 2009, Best Pulp Short Story 2009, Best Pulp Cover 2009 and Best Interior Illustrations 2009.  Members of the Pulp Factory voted on these four categories between the months of Feb. & March.  The trophy itself was designed  by Rob and then sculptured by Phil Dutcher.  Rob then painted them and mounted them on the bases you see above, with the plates naming the winners.  Next week we'll be here to list them, but I'm sure many of you will have learned who won soon as word spreads throughout the internet.  Once these awards have been presented, then Ye Old Air Chief can sit down and enjoy the convention as he always does. It will be special having Val along for the ride.  Our plan is to stay in Chicago till Wed. to visit with our daughter Heather, who moved there last summer.  She's eager to show us her new home and give us a tour of the Windy City. We've even got tickets to the Cubs game on Monday night when they take on the Washington Nationals at Wrigley Field.  Should be a blast.

Oh, and before leaving this subject, do keep in mind, as always, any Loyal Airmen who comes to any show wearing official Airship 27 gear, be it a tee-shirt, baseball cop, sweater or whatever, they get 50% off any book on the table automatically. It's our small way of saying thanks for your continued support.  And where can you get this cool looking clothing, by going to our on-line Cafe shop.  Click on the dirigible logo to the left of this column, which brings you to our on-line book catalog.  Scroll all the way to the bottom where you'll find the link to the Cafe Shop and there you go.  Some really cool stuff awaits your perusal.

After several long months of collecting pages and putting everything together, the Air Chief is thrilled to announce the release of THE BOSTON BOMBERS, a 174 pg graphic novel that he wrote as a six issue mini-series in the early 80s for Caliber Press.  Long, long out of print, it is here collected for the very first time and can be read as intended.  BOMBERS is an alternate world pulp adventure that supposes what would have happened if Jesus had been female, if the Roman Empire had not died out but survived in South Africa and the League of Nation became a strong world power that prevented a World War II from ever happening.  Into this social/economic what if scenario, we created a group of female adventurers led by the mysterious Indra Devine.
Think Doc Savage as a girl and you'll have some small idea of what this book is all about.  Believe me when I say it is wall to wall pulp action and one of the most original comics project we ever created. Having it back and available is a true dream come true.  A special thanks to Rob for putting it all together and doing that great new cover you see here.

Now you can order a copy of THE BOSTON BOMBERS by simply going to our Air Fare page and there you'll find the link to it.  An important note.  Rob and the Air Chief will have copies of THE BOSTON BOMBERS for sale at our table at Windy City and we'll be selling it there for $15 a copy.  That is $3 off the normal price for the book. Because of this, Rob thought it would be a grand idea to lower the on-line price as well, but only for this particular weekend.  So, for the next three days (Fri-Sat-Sun) if you log on to the link, you'll too will be able to get this Con-Sale price.  But remember, come Monday it reverts back to $17.95 –  As ever, thanks so much for you support.

And there you have it Loyal Airmen.  The bags are packed and we're ready for some convention fun.  Truly hope to see lots of you there. Till next week, take care and enjoy the gorgeous Spring weather.
Ron – Over & Out.

Greetings Loyal Airmen, it has been one busy week around Hangar 27 and we've a full cargo of goodies to share with all of you, so let's jump right into it.

First up, our son Kevin was married last Saturday in a lovely, and humorous, ceremony at York Beach, Me.  His fiancee, and our newest daughter, Melanie, was beautiful.  Along with both families and friends, present was the couple's handsome bulldog, Zeke.  Unbeknown to Kevin, Melanie had two cakes made up for the event.  One was a three-layered traditional wedding cake, the other…well, that was something special, as the photo below will attest to.

             
                         ZEKE  the Cake
Mel had a baker make up a cake version of Zeke.  It was came out fabulous, right down to the color patterns on his short, stout body.  This is truly their lovable Zeke and by far the coolest cake the Air Chief has ever laid eyes on .  Kevin was totally blown away by it.

           
                 Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Fortier in Hawaii
Kevin and Melanie then left the next day for their week long vacation in that paradise we know as Hawaii.  A fun side-bar, Kev, like his father, is a huge fan of the TV show LOST, and Mel booked them an island tour that visits eleven of the locales on the island of Oahu where the show was filmed.  Told Kev to bring me back pictures.  The new Mrs.Fortier posted the shot above over on Facebook yesterday. It would seem their honeymoon is off to an excellent start.

         
On other fronts, two very special books made their debuts this past week and we'd like to showcase them to all you Loyal Airmen who like a good read.  The first is an anthology from Padwolf Press called BAD COP…NO DONUT and was edited by John L.French.  It's about cops behaving badly and Ye Old Air Chief has a story in it called “Last Day on the Job.”  The book is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.etc.  We hope you'll check it out.  Among the other writers included are Gary Lovisi, Jim Chambers and C.J Henderson.  It's a grand collection and we honestly think its a winner.

         
The second book we introduce to you is Airship 27 Productions 26th title, JIM ANTHONY SUPER DETECTIVE Vol Two – THE HUNTERS by Josh Reynolds & Micah S.Harris.  It's a novel in two parts and pits this classic pulp hero against Yeti's in Manhattan and dinosaurs on a lost South Sea island.  It's thrilling, non stop pulp action as you've come to expect from Airship 27 Productions.  As always the book is now available at our on-line store (click the dirigible logo to the left of this column) at a reduced price and in a week will be out at all the regular book outlets.  It features a stunning cover by painter Chris Sears and nine interior illustrations by
Pulp Factory Award Nominee Pedro Cruz.  This one was tons of fun to edit and produce.  Check it out, you'll be glad you did.

Finally, speaking of pulps, Val and the Air Chief are packing up this weekend for our trip next Friday to Chicago and the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention.  This will be Airship 27 Productions fourth consecutive year in attending.  My partner, Rob Davis, and Ye Old Air Chief will have over 64 books featuring 12 different titles to offer pulp fans, some for the very first time.  We truly hope to see many of our old friends and to make lots of new ones.  We will also be giving out the very first Pulp Factory Awards on the first Friday evening of the convention, just prior to that night's auction. Should be really exciting.

So there you have it, Loyal Airmen.  Lots of cool things past, present and to look forward to.  Now if only the Red Sox would start getting their act together.  The season is only a few weeks old and they are already demonstrating some serious weaknesses.  Sigh.

(EXTRA!!!  We just learned today that Lulu, the company that prints all our Airship 27 pulp titles is offering FREE shipping between now and the 1st of May.  Simply write in the code FREEMAIL305 when ordering.  This is a good deal, Loyal Airmen.  Hope you'll take advantage of it.)

Ron – Over & Out!

Greeting Loyal Airmen in what is turning out to be one of the warmest Springs we've ever experience here in good old Southern New Hampshire.  Yesterday temps climbed to the 80s, grass is turning green and birds of every variety are flocking back to neighboring trees to start building their nests.  Not that we are complaining mind you, we're just not use to it. 

Life around Hangar 27 has been anything but dull.  Val's Mom is now in a rehab facility, as local doctors have been unable to come up with a diagnosis as to why, without warning, her body is suddenly drained of all energy and she is unable to move her limbs.  These bouts of weakness may last five to ten minutes, then pass and she returns to her usual self once more. All manner of tests were performed to check her heart, organs, brain etc. and all came up empty.  And so she's in rehab and we are here to tell you HOUSE is just a TV show.  Doctors still don't know all there is to know.  The human body is still a vast mystery, as we are discovering.

On a happier note, son Kevin and his lovely fiancee, Melanie, will be married Saturday at York Beach, Me. Our daughter Heather is flying in from Chicago to be his “best man.”  Yup, that's what we said.  She and her brother have been pals ever since they were little and she never hesitated a second in saying yes to his request that she stand up for him. And if you wonder what his bride-to-be thinks of this arrangement, well she is one of Heather's dearest friends and it was Heather who introduced them years ago.  Should be a wonderful family day and looks like the weather is going to cooperate.  Kevin will be the fourth of our five children to wed. 

On to other fun things.  In the past three weeks our Mr.Jigsaw Man of a Thousand Parts # 6 has been out and selling quite well, thanks to all of you.  Shortly after we'd finished that particular script and turned it into artist, Gary Kato, we found ourselves coming up blank for what to write next.  Ideas are strange animals that exist in one's imagination and sometimes they are quite active and continuously emerge at the slightest stimulus while at other times they disappear altogether leaving us quite frustrated.  Such was the case here.  For several weeks, after finishing book # 6, we simply could not come up with what a decent idea for issue # 7.  Then one day, artist Scott Simmons sent us a digital pin-up of Mr.Jigsaw he had done at our request.  We are going to be combining issues 4 – 5 – 6 in another The Adventures of Mr.Jigsaw collection from Wild Wolf Entertainment (mostly like due out in summer) and wanted to add some special pin-ups to this project.  Scott was one of four artists who volunteered to do one.

The second we saw Scott's picture of Jiggy skiing down a treacherous slope being chased by helicopters filled with bad guys a truly wonderful and zany idea popped in our mind.  This scenario was so outlandish for our small time hero, trying to come up with a logical reason as to why he would be in such a pickle was all we needed to fire up our imagination and voila, we had the basic plot idea for issue # 7.  In no time at all we were writing it up and two weeks ago sent it off to Gary.  We also notified Scott as to what his marvelous pin-up had done for us and asked if we could use it, in full color, for that very issue.  Scott happily agreed and then surprised us with a request of his own.

              
                            Artist Scott Simmons Working On His Mr.Jigsaw Pin-Up

It seems a local museum in his area was presenting an exhibition of graphic art storytelling and had come to Scott and five other comic artists to display their work.  Scott asked if he could use the completed Mr.Jigsaw pin-up as part of his section in that showing.  We were only too thrilled and honored to give him that permission.  That show runs all month and it's wild to think the public will be seeing our Jiggy in such an august setting.  Life truly is strange and wonderful.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen.  See you back here next week.
Ron – Over & Out.

Greetings Loyal Airmen, after all the hoopla and book releases of the past couple of weeks, I thought we'd tone down things this week.  After all it is Holy Week, what with Good Friday recalling the death of Our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross and His glorious resurrection on Easter morning.

Things around here have been a bit hectic on a family level.  Val's mother had some health issues that seemed to mystify the local doctors for the past few weeks causing all of us a great deal of worry and concern. The worst of it seems to have passed a we're happy to say she is now in a wonderful rehabilitation facility. With some around-the-clock care and a little more rigorous physical therapy, we're hoping to eventually get her well again.  That's where our thoughts and prayers are this week special and holy weekend.

We also want to wish all Loyal Airmen of Christian faith a truly wonderful Easter and all of you of the Jewish tradition, a memorable and blessed Passover.  The majority of the world shares the same core beliefs in a God of love mercy, love and forgiveness. That alone, in this world that sometimes seems chaotic and pointless, is a remarkable and comforting thought.  Let us all this weekend give a little more thought to ideal of true brotherly love.  For sure the world could sure use a whole lot more of it.

Thanks as always for stopping by and we'll be back next week with more of the usual fun stuff.
Ron – Over & Out. 

Greetings Loyal Airmen, last week we focused on our latest pulp and comics release, promising when we returned this week we would address our thoughts on Dynamite Comic's premier issue of their new Green Hornet series and we shall do just that.  After this bit of truly exciting news.  Airship 27 Productions has released its twenty-fifth title and the third for this month alone.  Talk about being on a roll.  And it stars as yet another hero who wears green.

ROBIN HOOD – King of Sherwood is a brand new full length novel by British writer Ian Watson.  Ian had written several Sherlock Holmes stories for Airship 27 Productions last year and after those were submitted he brought up his idea of doing a Robin Hood novel, one set against an authentic historical background that would give the old legend a fresh new twist while at the same time keeping all the icon elements.  When we read through the manuscript for this book we were blown away.  Our partner at Airship 27 Productions, artist Rob Davis, had the exact same excitement and agreed this was a truly special book.  To that end we went after a wonderful artist named Mike Manley and recruited him to do our painted cover.  What he delivered knocked our socks off!!!  This by far one of the most beautiful books Airship 27 Productions has ever produced and we sincerely hope all you adventure/action fans out there who love a rousing good story will give it a try.  Simply click on the dirigible logo to the left of the column to link to our on-line store.  Note, the book will be available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all other major booksellers.  Trust me, Loyal Airmen, this one is a winner start to finish.

You know, it did feel kind of funny for the Air Chief to be picking up a new Green Hornet comic book after all these years.  It is almost exactly twenty years since we wrote the GH series for Now Comics.  Now Dynamite Comics has the license and are going to be doing several books featuring the character, another starring his sidekick, Kato and even a future GH title is in the works.  But rather than get lost all over the place, let's keep this about the six-issue limited mini-series here as written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Jonathan Lau.  Most fans by now are aware that over ten years ago Smith wrote a GH movie script that he hoped to direct for Miramax Films.  After finishing the script, he opted not to direct it and the script was shelved and ultimately another studio acquired the movie rights to character.  What Smith and Dynamite have done here has taken Smith's movie script and translated it to a comic series.  Which is why when reading it, you should keep that in mind and realize it will be paced a whole lot different than something that was originally meant for graphics.  This opening issue is perhaps the first twenty minutes of what you would have seen on the big screen.  It features the old TV Green Hornet and Kato, only they've been brought to the 1990s.  This is their last case and at the start of the story we see them retiring so that by the end we are introduced to Britt Reid's (the Green Hornet) son, Britt Junior, now in college who will of course become the new GH before our tale is done.  We truly liked the story, we have always been fans of generational sagas and are delighted this series will feature a new female Kato, something artist Jeff Butler and the Air Chief first introduced to the world back in our Now series.  So we're giving this thumbs up and hope you'll check it out.

        
            Art by Ruben Procopio
We would also remind you that come this summer, Moonstone Books will be releasing the first of the its five new prose anthologies starring these characters, THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES.  Each book will feature approximately twenty brand new GH short stories as written by some of the best action and mystery writers today.  Ye old Air Chief has a story in the very first volume called THE EYES OF THE MADONNA, and above is the very cool spot illustration done for that story by my good friend, artist Ruben Procopio.  Ruben is doing all the interior pieces for this book and one of the two alternate covers.  Again, look for this in June some time.

And there you have it for this week, loyal airmen.  Spring is here officially and Easter only a few weeks away.  A glorious time of the year. We hope you're all enjoying it to the max.

Ron – Over & Out.

Greeting Loyal Airmen. We were going to talk to you this week about Dynamite's brand new Green Hornet comic series but a couple of new releases have pushed that topic back another week.  It isn't often that we're lucky enough to have both a new comic and a new pulp book come out the same week. So we really wanted to put the spotlight on these projects, both of which we are really happy about.

There were hundreds of various western pulps long ago during those golden days of pulps. And for the longest time, we at Airship 27 Productions have wanted to pay homage to them by releasing one.  So we spotlighted one of the more popular classic western heroes, the Masked Rider with our first volume of  THE MASKED RIDER – Tales of the Wild West.  This terrific book features three gun-blazing tales of action and adventure.  The first is a Masked Rider yarn by Eric Jones.  The second is a story about Virgil Earp by Tommy Hancock and we wrap it all up with a tale starring Wild Bill Hickok by Aaron Smith.  The book has twelve black and white illustrations by Nick Miller and rip-roaring cover by Rob Davis and Shane Evans.  It is now available for sale at our on-line Airship 27 store (simply click on the dirigible logo to the left of this column) where all our titles are on sale at a 25% discount off retail.  In a week or two the book will be available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all other well known distributors.  So if you are like the Air Chief and you have a fondness for cowboy stories, ramble on over and check out a copy. 

On the comic book front, our newest issue of MR.JIGSAW – Man of a Thousand Parts # 6 is finally out.  It can be purchased by going to (www.IndyPlanet.com) along with the first five books in this on-going series.  This issue sports a guest cover by artist Terry Tidwell and features a story called “American Sidekicks.”  When the good citizens of Portland, Me. decide to have an American Idol type contest show to choose a sidekick for our lovable hero, you can imagine how quickly things go awry.  Hope you'll check it out.

And there you have it.  Next week we'll talk about the new Green Hornet comic and we'll have a sneak-peek at my own latest Green Hornet story which will be appearing later this summer in Moonstone Books' THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES.  Hope to see you in seven days.

Ron- Over & Out!

Greetings Loyal Airmen, we are really excited this week to announce the release of what we consider to be the finest book ever written on the history of the Green Hornet.  Several years ago, while attending a pulp convention, Ye Old Air Chief had the good pleasure of meeting Martin Grams,Jr.  Martin is pop-culture writer/historian who has written several award winning books on many popular subjects such the classic TV show, THE TWILIGHT ZONE and others focusing on old time radio.  When Martin heard that I had helped bring the Green Hornet back to comics with series for Now Comics back in the 80s, he informed me that he and his partner, Terry Salomonson, were putting together the definitive book on the that character.  Now, several years later, they've finished the job and we are here to tell you Martin was true to his word.

This book contains the behind the scenes story of how the Green Hornet was created by radio manager, George W.Trendel for his station, WXYZ out of Detroit in the early 30s.  It features a complete episode guide and actors lists of all the radio plays ever produced, a chapter synopsis of both Universal cliffhanger serials, The Green Hornet (1940) and the Green Hornet Strikes Again (1941), another listing of all 26 episodes of the Green Hornet 60s TV series with Van Williams and Bruce Lee and several extensive articles on the many Green Hornet comics, one written by Ye Old Air Chief detailing the Now Comics series.  The book is over 800 pages long and filled some great black and white photos.  It is truly the most exhaustive history of the character ever put together and Ye Old Air Chief is honored to be a small part of it.  You can order a copy either at Amazon.com or go directly to Martin's website at (www.MartinGrams.com) and buy it from him.  If you go that route, be sure to ask him to autograph it for you.  Our copy arrived in the mail yesterday and we've already spend several hours browsing through it's many terrific chapters.  This is a book we are going to enjoy for years to come.

             
                     Pencils by Rob Davis
While on the current comics front, we've more exciting news.  Rob Davis and Ye Old Air Chief are in the last stages of collecting The Boston Bombers, a pulp-inspired six issue mini series Ye Old Air Chief wrote long-long ago for Caliber Press.  Now, after all these years, all the art has been put together in a 172 pg. graphic novel that we will soon be self-publishing via Rob's Redbud Studio, the same banner under which we did our Daughter of Dracula graphic novel and our currently running Mr.Jigsaw series.  To do this up right, Rob has drawn a brand new cover for the collection and the pencils are displayed here.  We're going to hold off showing all of you Loyal Airmen the finished piece until the book itself is available for sale.  Happily our goal was to have it out in time to have copies with us at this year's Windy City Pulp & Paper Con in Chicago, and that is now possible.  We will have a stack of The Boston Bombers on our table there, along with over twelve Airship 27 Production pulp titles.  So if you are hoping to join us at the show, save those pennies.

          
A few weeks ago, we reported having done some radio ads promoting the Wentworth Home, the senior facility where Mom resides. Well, after taping that spot, the ad people had a photographer on hand and he snapped the photo above with intent of running a con-current newspaper campaign.  This is how it came out.  We thought you'd get a kick out of seeing it.

And finally, we're going to wrap up this week's Flight Log with applauding the writers and actors of our favorite TV series, LOST.  For the past five years, this show has entertained us with its smart, original and thought provoking stories.  Now in its final season, as it races swiftly towards a two-hour finale arriving in nine more weeks, the episodes have been fantastic and again, the action superb.  LOST is by far the best written show ever produced for television and we are truly going to miss it when it is gone.  But till then, Ye Old Air Chief, and the millions of other LOST fanatics are enjoying one hell of a ride.

Ron – Over & Out!

Greetings Loyal Airmen, well last week we missed our deadline because of the power outage caused by the severe wind and rain storm that hit us here in New England.  This past week has been no less hectic, what with getting out our newest pulp title, applauding the return of Spring Training for the Red Sox and a long night in the hospital emergency room.  We'll start with the more serious first.

Valerie's mother, Lorraine, who resides with us, had open heart surgery five years ago. Shortly after, while in recovery, she suffered what is called Congestive Heart Failure.  This is a condition in which a problem with the structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's need.  Symptoms include a shortness of breath (typically worse when lying flat, which is called ortopnea), coughing, ankle swelling and exercise intolerance.  Got all that?  Earlier this week Lorraine started coming down with what we all thought was a cold. Val took her to see her doctor who thought she might be suffering bronchial pneumonia and had X-rays taken, which came back negative on that front.  Heart failure is often undiagnosed due to a lack of universally agreed definition and challenges in definitive diagnosis.  When the antibiotic the doctor prescribed seem completely ineffective after several days and Lorraine's condition continued to deteriorate, Valerie finally made the decision to get her to the hospital emergency room.  Thank God she did, as shortly after getting her there last night, the on-call doctor properly recognized that she was indeed suffering Congestive Heart Failure.  Sadly it would take almost another five six hours before she was fully admitted and being treated.  We drove home at 4 AM in the morning. 

We are happy to report that she is doing much better today, although still in the woods in regards to her coughing and weakness.  But the proper regiment is alleviating the symptoms one by one and we truly hope that within a few days she'll be well enough to come home.  Lorraine is in her 80s and these incidents are scary, but she is also a very determined soul who never quits, and thus remains an inspiration to all of us in the family. 

                  
As of tomorrow morning, Friday 5th, our second Airship 27 Production pulp title of the year is officially available for sale.  It is the revised edition of CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR by Ye Old Air Chief and his good friend and colleague, Martin Powell.  Written several years ago, this book was first released by another publisher and has since been out of print.  Many of you Loyal Airmen have clamored for us to make it available and we were only too happy to do so.  This new edition sports a brand new painted cover by the sensational Laura Givens.  This is her first effort for Airship 27 Productions and we truly hope it's not her last.  You can purchase a copy at our on-line store by clicking on our dirigible logo to the left of this column.  Within a another week or so, as always, the book will be available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all the other well book sellers. We hope you'll give it a look and as always, thanks so much for your continued support.

          
                  Second Baseman Dustin Pedroia Swings Away

And finally, the Red Sox got their Spring Training underway in Ft.Myers, Florida this week with two training games; one against Northeastern University and the other against Boston College.  The second was televised and we were delighted to sit back and hear that familiar cry of  PLAY BALL again.  Nothing clears away the winter blues like those two words.  The Sox look to have a really strong and balanced team this year and as ever we are rooting for them to go all the way.

That's it for this week, Loyal Airmen.  Take care, stay healthy and read a good book, it's a healthy thing to do for your mind.

Ron – Over & Out!

Greetings Loyal Airmen. Well almost twenty-fours ago the rain and wind storm that hit our part of New England knocked down trees everywhere, some taking down power-lines in the process.  So that at 10 PM on Thursday evening we lost our electricity.  Twenty-three hours without heat or lights.  Funny the things we all take for granted until they are taken away from us.  Power came back on about thirty minutes and ago we  just now starting to get things back to normal.  Sorry we missed our morning posting. 

This week Ye Old Air Chief wants to recommend a few new things we've come enjoy.  The first is a relatively new web comic strip called ORION – THE HUNTER produced by Arctos Comics, Cliff von Meter is the writer and brains behind this truly fun space opera.  They post a new page once a week and currently are up to page 12.  Orion is an interstellar Marshal and clearly one tough hombre.  Both story and art are of the highest quality and I look forward to each new page.  (http://arctoscomics.com/)  We think you will to.  Check it out and tell them the Air Chief sent you.

             
Our second recommendation this week is for Warner Bros. Animation's latest DC DVD movie, JUSTICE LEAGUE – Crisis On Two Earths.  It is another Bruce Timm production and we have been mega fans of his work ever since he spearheaded the rebirth of great action animation with The Adventures of Batman years ago.
This particular movie deals with the JLA traveling to an alternate world to help free it from an organization of super villains called The Crime Syndicate that are their evil counterparts.  The animation is fantastic as is the story, that packs a wallop in both action and drama.  Ye Old Air Chief gives this major thumbs up.

Lastly we wish to offer our heartfelt congratulations to this year's Winter Olympic Team USA.  From what we've been able to see, and applaud, these young men and women have done a great job in not only winning their share of medals, but also in representing us with distinction, character and exemplary fair play. All Americans should feel proud of these athletes.  Medals or not, all of them are winners in our eyes.  Bravo!!!

Ron – Over & Out. 

Greetings Loyal Airmen, well yesterday was Ash Wednesday and the official start of Lent for Catholic Christians around the world.  In forty days it will be Easter. Another sure sign that Spring is on its way is the start of Spring Training down at the Red Sox camp in Ft.Meyers, Florida.  All these things combined have put a huge smile on the Air Chief's face.

As some of you know, our mother has been a resident of a wonderful senior home for the past two years.  The Wentworth Home of Dover, NH, is a truly warm and loving facility run by a dedicated staff of professionals who truly go the extra mile to make their residents lives active and happy.  Recently the administrator asked Ye Old Air Chief, and Mom, to help with the recording of some radio ads to promote Wentworth Home.  So Mom and the Air Chief were interviewed this past week and once those bits are properly edited, they'll soon start running on local radio stations. 

       
                                       Mona & Gabe, (Mom) the Belly Dancers
Several days after finishing the ads, the social director sent me the above photo.  It seems they brought in a few belly dancers to show the residents some dance moves, all part of an exercise regiment they can adopt.  In other words have fun while staying fit.  Naturally Mom, and her pal, Mona, got right into the swing of things as you can all see.  These kind of activities are a very small part of why the Wentworth Home has come to mean so much to the Air Chief and his family.  Homes like these truly deserve our support.

             
One of the movies Ye Old Air Chief has been waiting to see for months was the new WOLF MAN feature starring Benicio Del Tora and Anthony Hopkins.  Based on the old Universal Classic horror film starring Lon Chaney, Jr.  Well, last Saturday morning, Valerie and the Air Chief finally got to see it. And both of us enjoyed it to the max.  What completely surprised the Air Chief was how the ingenious script-writers actually borrowed from two old Universal horror classics; the first being THE WEREWOLF OF LONDON starring Henry Hull, which sadly few people remember today, and then, as mentioned before, the original WOLF MAN with Chaney.  What they did was use the plot from one to explain the plot of the second story-line and it worked extremely well.  Joe Johnson is one of our favorite directors and he did not disappoint here.  The movie is both scary and compelling, with fine performances by all, including the lovely Emily Blunt.  If you enjoy the old classic movies, do not miss THE WOLFMAN.

  
                     Andrew Salmon, Ye Old Air Chief, and Rob Davis at Windy City 2009

Finally, looking at the calendar the other day, we were reminded that all too soon it will be time to pack up and head to the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention being held in Chicago from April 23rd to the 25th.  This will be the fourth year in a row that Airship 27 Productions is on hand to share in the fun.  The photo above is from last year's show and believe us, all who were in attendance are eager to go back and do it again.  It really is a wonderful weekend show for all.  And we truly hope to see many more of our Loyal Airmen there.  So, on that note, we put this out to you.  Our partner, Rob Davis, and the Ye Old Air Chief are planning on what Airship 27 titles we need to bring to this show. Is there any one Airship 27 pulp book you would like us to have at this show?  Keep in mind we now have twenty two titles in our catalog (simply go to the dirigible logo to the left of this column and click on it to find our on-line store and all our titles listed).  Thus it is impossible to bring all our books to conventions.  We try our best to bring a representation of the newer books plus some of the older ones.  And it always helps a great deal when Loyal Airmen like you drop us a line requesting a specific title.

So there you have it.  If you've never been to a pulp convention, you truly owe to yourselves to do so.  Just being there and socializing with so many terrific people is an amazing experience.  One you should all have.
Thanks as ever for stopping by and we'll see you next week.

Ron – Over & Out!