Greeting Loyal Airmen.  We reported last week that our grand kids, Cora and Alex, were here for three weeks. Well, that first one has flown by, just as all of us knew it would.  Valerie and Ye Old Air Chief have been doing our best to show these wonderful kids a good time in New Hampshire and Maine.  We've been on the go every single day of their stay.

                  
                                 Cora, Ye Old Air Chief, Kristi, Chelsea & Alex

We got the week kicked off with a trip to Water Country, a water park with all kinds of crazy water slides and as the photo above can attest, all of us had a blast.  Cousins Kristi and Chelsea, joined us for the day.  The four of them met for the very first time last Thanksgiving holiday when Valerie took our daughter Michelle, and her two girls out to Colorado to meet Cora & Alex.  So this visit from the Colorado cousins was a super reunion for all of them.

             
             The Air Chief, Valerie, Alex, Cora & Chelsea in back.

Next up was a Sunday afternoon trip to Portland, Me., again with Michelle and her family to see a Portland Sea Dogs game.  The Sea Dogs are the Double A minor league team for the Boston Red Sox.  This was a huge treat for all of us, and our thanks to Michelle and son-in-law Chris, who footed the bill this truly fun outing.

       
              Ye Old Air Chief, Valerie, Alex, Cora and Chelsea

There are no bad seats at Hadlock Field and all of us really had a great time.  Although the home team lost resoundingly to the visiting rivals, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, a farm team of the Toronto Blue Jays.  Let us also note that it was an extremely hot day and the sun beat down on us all afternoon.  By the time we returned home, all of us were ready for a plunge in the pool.

         
                                        Cora & Chelsea at Short Sands York Beach Me.

Of course being residents of a land-locked state, one of the kids' big request while out here was to see, and swim in the ocean.  So the day after the ball game, we packed up the car and headed out to York Beach, Me. and let them take a cold plunge in the good and cold Atlantic Ocean.

        
                                                Alex & Ye Old Air Chief

And that bit about it being cold was no understatement.  The temperature of the water was FREEZING!!  But that didn't deter Alex from getting in there and riding the waves.  And of course Ye Old Air Chief wasn't about to let him have all the fun.

            
                          Cora & Alex in front of the Goldenrod Restaurant

And there's no way you can visit York Beach without stopping at the famous Goldenrod restaurant and candy shop where they make their own salt-water taffy.  Very few kids don't have a sweet tooth and Cora & Alex were no exception and we left with a box of taffy kisses and home made fudge, flavors of their choosing.  Since that trip, we have returned to the beach a second time and had just as much fun.  One of the joys of living only eighteen miles away from the seacoast.  We will be returning again several more times in the next two weeks, count on it. And expect to see more photos of their New England adventures in the next few Flight Logs.

Finally, least you think we've totally abandoned our pulp factory operations here at Hanger 27, heaven forbid, we are very happy to announce the release of our 17th title, a science fiction adventure, LUCIAN : Dark God's Homecoming, by Van Allen Plexico, with art by Ingrid Hardy.  This terrific adventure is available at our on-line shop by clicking on our flying dirigible symbol to the left of this panel.  Or you can go to Amazon.com and any other major book distributor to order a copy.  As always, thanks for your continued support.

And that' wraps up another week, Loyal Airmen.  As you can see, Ye Old Air Chief and Valerie are having the time of our lives with our grand kids.  We truly hope all of you are having as much fun during this summer season.
Till next week,
Ron – Over & Out.

Well, Loyal Airmen, the wait is over.  Two days ago our two of our six grandchildren, Cora and Alex, flew in from Denver. Colorado, to spend the next three weeks with Ye Old Air Chief and Valerie.
 
           
                             Alex & Cora After Long Day of Traveling

Tuesday afternoon they landed at the Manchester,NH, airport where Valerie and our daughter Michelle, and granddaughter Chelsea were waiting to welcome them for the very first time to New England.  Of course the lousy rainy weather we'd been having was in full force still.

           
                            Alex, Val and Cora by the pool in pouring rain.

When they awoke late the following day, the rain was still coming down in buckets.  As they sat on our porch eating breakfast, both of them were looking into the backyard at our swimming pool and simply longing to take a plunge.  Finally, looking to Val, they stated they very much wanted to go swimming, rain or no rain.  So she relented and handed me her digital camera.  It was so funny, both of them shivering as they jumped in and out of the water.  Ye Old Air Chief only wishes he had that much energy to spare.

              
                              Alex, Cora, cousin Chelsea & the Air Chief down by the river.

Finally, the sun returned today on what turned out to be a truly gorgeous morning.  It seemed like the kid's vacation was finally getting off on the right track after all.  After breakfast, we thought it would be fun to show them the surrounding area where our home sits.  Down the hill is the Salmon Falls river which separates the town of Somersworth,NH with Berwick, Maine.  There's a well work footpath along the river and we all took a little hike down to check it out.  What with the constant rain for the month or so, you can imagine the water was high and really up to the banks.  It was impressive to say the least.

Later Ye Old Air Chief took out the grill and we had hot dogs for lunch.  Then it was back in the pool for them. So the visit has started and Valerie has three weeks worth of fun day trips planned out.  We hope to take them up into the White Mountains and show them some attractions, then of course hit the beaches along the Maine coast and Sunday we'll be attending a Sea Dogs baseball came in Portland.  Going to make tons of wonderful memories for them while they are here and we know the next three weeks will fly by.

But family is everything in the world, so we sign off wishing all you Loyal Airmen the same summer fun.
Ron – Over & Out.

Greetings Loyal Airmen and a truly Happy 4th of July to all of you.  A few days ago it was Canada Day in the wonderful republic to our north.  Now it's our turn to celebrate the birthday of the United States of America. We live in a truly great county, second to none for it's devotion to justice and liberty for all mankind.  So let's wave the red, white and blue of Old Glory and feel rightly proud to be Americans.  And let's take a second to say a prayer for all the brave men and women in uniform who serve her around the world, protecting those very liberties we hold dear.

Several days ago my granddaughters, Kristi and Chelsea, took me to see Pixar's newest computer animated feature, UP.   Now Ye Old Air Chief is a huge fan of this company's work and I have loved all their previous releases.  What we were not prepared for was the aviation themes that permeate a great deal of this terrific movie.  Carl Henderickson, perfectly voiced by actor Ed Asner, is a widower seeking to live out one last adventure in his lonely life.  He does so by floating his house to South America in search of a magic waterfall.  Along the way he encounters a long lost adventurer and a magnificent dirigible named The Spirit of America.  Well, Loyal Airmen, you have to know Ye Old Air Chief was really in his glory by then.

There is a lot more to this movie than just that tale of fantastic high flying adventure.  It is also a story about love and fidelity and Carl learns that no matter how strong any of us think we are, we still need people in our lives; friend, family and loved ones to make this is adventure called life worthwhile.  If you haven't seen UP as yet, do so now.  It's a true gem.

And speaking of high flying fun, we at Airship 27 Prod. are putting together a very special new book.  Way back when we first kicked off our pulp producing venture, the very first anthology we put out was LANCE STAR -SKY RANGER.  That first volume contained four fast paced stories based on the long forgotten Canadian pulp hero, as written by Frank Dirscherl, Bobby Nash, Win Scott Eckert and Bill Spangler.  It remains one of our best sellers to this date.  (You can find it at our on-line store by clicking the dirigible logo to the left of this column.)  Over the two years since the book's debut, we've been asked time and time again when would a we be doing Volume Two.  Well, the answer at question is now!  But there is going to be a slight shift in format with this new collection of aviation tales.  Rather than giving you only Lance Star, we've decided to make the book a true treasure package of several classic pulp flying heroes.  Thus LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER Vol Two. is going to have a brand new Lance Star tale by Bobby Nash. After all the book is named after him.  Followed by a Griffon story by Van Allen Plexico, then a Captain Midnight yarn by David Walker and two (not one) short stories featuring the World War One flying squad, the Three Mosquitoes, by Aaron Smith.

           
Even as we write this Log Entry, our partner Rob Davis is busy drawing the interior illustrations that will grace this new volume such as the one above, which is for the new Lance Star entry.  To say we are excited about doing this book would be a mild understatement.  Ye Old Air Chief has a soft spot in his heart for aviation stories and we believe so do many of you Loyal Airmen, so make sure to keep visiting the Airship 27 Hangar for further updates.

Speaking of warm spots in our heart, Valerie and the Air Chief are truly psyched about our grand kids from Colorado flying here to spend three weeks with us.  It will be the first time Cora (14) and Alex (11) have ever been to New Hampshire and we're all revved up to show them both our state and neighboring Maine.  We're keeping our fingers crossed they will also bring with them some of that sunny weather they've been having out west, and once and for all lift this curtain of wet that's been smothering New England for over a month now.
Enough is enough, we need the sun.  Badly.

And that's a wrap for this time around.  Again, a joyous 4th of July to all you Loyal Airmen and as always,
God Bless America!!

Ron – Over & out!

Greeting Loyal Airmen.  We got so caught up in showing off pictures of our visit to Larry's Comic Con last week, we completely forgot to wish all of you dads out there a Happy Father's Day.  Here's hoping all of you dads and granddads had a super day with your families.  My own was a truly wonderful man and my hero to this day. Every day Ye Old Air Chief tries to live up to the example he set while he was with us.

Another major event for Airship 27 Prod. last weekend was the released of our fifth pulp anthology for the year, and perhaps our most high profile to date.  SHERLOCK HOLMES – CONSULTING DETECTIVE features five brand new tales of mystery starring perhaps the greatest fictional character ever created.

The book is a real beauty, featuring a cover by artist Mark Maddox that wowed all of us in Hangar 27 when he delivered it.  Mark not only painted this beautiful piece, but he also designed the cover as well, created that nifty new “retro airship 27” logo.  If you'll recall, we previewed it here last week.  We hope to use it on all our future volumes of Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective and other other books that fall into that historical category.  One such is SEASON OF MADNESS, a new book by writer Aaron Smith that stars Dr.Watson as the hero.  It's a great tale and should be available within another two or three months.  Meanwhile, if you would like to grab a copy of this new book, simply click on to the dirigible logo at the left of this column to be taken to our on-line store where you can purchase a copy at a discount price that will save you 25% off the retail price.  In a few weeks the book will be available through all major booksellers ala Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

As you probably already know, Airship 27 Prod. will be at the debut of the all new Pulp Fest Convention in Columbus, Ohio, the weekend starting 31st July.  Note, Rob and ye Old Air Chief are now deciding which Airship 27 titles to pack and bring to the show.  If you are planning on attending this really fun gathering and there is a particular Airship 27 title you'd like to pick up while there, please, drop me a line and let me know and the Air Chief will make sure we have a copy for you.  And of course any Loyal Airmen who comes to our table at this or any other show wearing Airship 27 apparel will automatically get 50% off any one book on the table. That's our way of saying thanks for supporting our efforts.  We truly appreciate it.

Also, another piece of news regarding Pulp Fest.  Four writers have agreed to do readings at the show, and Ye Old Air Chief is one of them.  At 1:30 PM on Sat, 1st May, I'll give a chapter reading from my latest Captain Hazzard novel, CAVEMEN OF NEW YORK.  We are hoping lots of you Loyal Airmen will be in attendance to support our humble attempts in this new venue.  Writing is one thing, reading aloud to an audience is something else altogether.  We enjoy it, but it certainly is more fun when friends are out their cheering us on.

Finally, we're going to end this week with some more good news, this time involving our comic comedy superhero Mr.Jigsaw, Man of a Thousand Parts.  As most of you know, Rob and I have been producing the individual books via the self-publish outfit, Ka-Blam and all of our current issues are on sale at their on-line store, Indy Planet.  (Simply go to our Air Fare page and click on the covers there.)   Sales have been good and steady since we launched the series, but we know several of you prefer to order books via outfits like Amazon etc.etc.  So, to make our comic stories accessible to you, Redbud Studios has partnered with Wild Wolf Entertainment and they have collected the first three issues of Jiggy into one volume called THE ADVENTURES OF MR.JIGSAW and that book is now on sale at Amazon, Barnes & Noble etc.

The book features a brand new cover by Gary Kato and all you need to do is go to the Air Fare page and click on the cover itself.  And let me add, our adult graphic novel, DAUGHTER OF DRACULA is now also available at these outlets thanks to Wild Wolf Entertainment.  Wild Wolf is owned and operated by our good pal, Sean Collins, and we're thrilled to have these comics out there where lots more fans can find them.  In regards to the all new Mr.Jigsaw # 4, that should be out in just another week or two.  Comics Buyer's Guide columnist/reviewer Tony Isabella gave Mr.Jigsaw his highest rating in a just published review and we thank him sincerely for the gracious words about our break-apart hero.

And there you have if for this week, Loyal Airmen.  After a long, long period of dismal, rainy weather, the tide seems to have changed and today we had wonderful sunshine.  It's a good sign.  We hope all of you are enjoying summer to max.  Take care and be careful while out there.  We'll see you here next week.
Ron- Over & Out.

Greetings Loyal Airmen.  Well last week we told you we were heading south to Westford, Ma., and Larry's Comic Show.  Sunday morning arrived along with more rain, which is all we seem to be getting these days.  This has clearly been one of the wettest Springs on record for the month of June.  Sometimes Ye Old Air Chief thinks this is what it must be like to live in England.  Or Seattle.

           
                                               Valerie & Ye Old Air Chief & the Jiggy Banner

Valerie brought along her along her digital camera and she did manage to snap a few photos.  The one above was taken by our pal, Jarrod Courtemanche.  We're sitting in front of our six foot tall Mr.Jigsaw banner.  And if you look sharp, Valerie's wearing one of the two remaining Mr.Jigsaw tee-shirts she kept stored away.  When we first introduced Jiggy twenty-seven years ago we decided to have a hundred tee-shirts made up to help promote the comic.  Valerie wisely stashed two of them away for safe keeping and on Sunday morning dug one up to wear, God Bless Her.  Sadly Ye Old Air Chief has put on a few “extra” pounds in the intervening years and there was no way I could fit into the other.  So I opted to wear my Airship 27 baseball shirt.  Only to spill half my cup of coffee on it while balancing a box of books through the hotel doorway.  Valerie was not too happy.  Happily the stain came out completely in the laundry after we got home.  Call me Captain Klutz.  Of course if any of you Loyal Airmen would like some Jiggy merchandise, simply click on our Air Fare page and find the link to our on-line shop where you can get tee-shirts and baseball shirts featuring our break-apart hero.
 
        
                                      Ye Old Air Chief  &  Kris Carter

Our con neighbor all day was my good friend, artist Kris Carter.  Kris is a great guy and wonderful new talent whose first professional comic series, LEPRECHAUN has just been launched by Bluewater Comics.  He's also got a great and wacky sense of humor and is one of the driving forces behind the weekly Couch Gang podcast broadcast live ever Wednesday afternoon from Larry's Comic shop in Lowell, Ma.  God willing, I hope to some day do a project with Kris.  That would be much fun.

          
                        Patrick Moreau  –    Dennis Roy  –   Jarrod Courtemanche

Speaking of the Couch Gang, three of their group made a point of stopping by our table to visit and talk shop.  I've known Patrick for many years having met him at many New England conventions in that time.  Denny, the oldest member of the group (who was kind enough to buy a copy of Domino Lady from me) and I met in New York at the Big Con back in Feb. of this year.  And the third fellow is my good pal, Jarrod, with whom I shared a room at that convention.  Jarrod is also one of our dynamite pulp writers for Airship 27 Prod. and contributed a great Secret Agent X story for the third book in that anthology series.  I'm happy to report he's working on a second for us and I can't wait to read it.  Jarrod's also an independent filmmaker and has written and produced several short films and a feature in the past six years.  Talk about a talented guy.  It was great having these Three Musketeers of Larry's Comic Shop stop by.

           
                                      Larry Doherty & Ye Old Air Chief

And speaking of Larry, here's a super pix of the two of us together.  We've known Larry ever since he opened his shop in Lowell, about twenty-sever years ago and had the distinct honor of being his first ever guest at his first convention.  Larry's a great guy and it is always a joy to do one of his shows.  Hopefully he'll get another planned soon.  The new locale, the Westford Regency Inn was a great venue and provided Larry with one huge room and two smaller ones.  Plenty of room for the vendors, the guests and the fans.  All in all the show as a great success.
Of course driving home in the same pouring rain we'd faced going down, was a pain in the you-know-what,but you can't control the weather.

On other fronts, our second-cousin, and Airship 27 writer, Jared Cantin, and his wife became parents for the first time last week, as Leigh gave birth to a beautiful baby girl they have named Kinsley.  Ye Old Air Chief tends to get sentimental when these miraculous events occur, having the feeling that every time a new baby is born, it's as if God is saying He still hasn't given up on us.  So welcome to the world, Ms.Knsely Cantin, you've already made it a better place simply by your presence in it.

Red Sox have been on a winning streak of late, relegating the Yankees to second place.  All of which is cause for celebration throughout Red Sox Nation.  On the creative front, we at Airship 27 Prod. are just about to announce the release of our newest title, hopefully at the start of the next week.  You'll read all about it right here next week for sure.  In the meanwhile, here's a little sneak-peek regarding that new title.  It's a retro-look at our beloved logo.  And that's all we'll say for now.  But it's something big!!

                                  
Have a great week, see you back here in seven days.
Ron – Over & Out.

Greetings Loyal Airmen, this week we're wound for sound about Larry Doherty's one day comic show happening this coming Sunday, 14th June, in Westford, Ma.
 
                    

We had the good fortune of knowing Larry for over twenty-five years now and were honored to be the first guest at his very first comic book show when he was just starting out in the business. This time Larry's going to have several comic book creator guests, to include the fellow who did the Spider-Man meets Barack Obama comic.  Also on hand, Massachusetts comic artist Kris Carter, who will be signing copies of the first issue of his new LEPRECHAUN series from Bluewater Comics.  We've known Kris for several years and it has always been his dream to be a professional comic book artist.  We are so happy for Kris and anxious to pick up a copy of this book and have him it autograph it for us.

As for Ye Old Air Chief, we are thrilled to be using this show as our Official Relaunch for MR.JIGSAW – Man of a Thousand Parts.  Valerie will be accompanying the Air Chief to the show, bringing her digital camera hopefully.  We are going to have lots of copies of issues 1, 2 & 3 for sale plus be displaying that wonderful six foot Jiggy banner we had made up a few weeks ago and previewed in this log.  So for all you Loyal Airmen living the New England area, the show will be at –
Westford Regency Inn – 219 Littleton Rd. – Westford, MA 01886  Show is from 9 AM to 3 PM.

If all you Loyal Airmen ordered a copy of Mr.Jigsaw # 3, you would have seen this above illustration on the last page of that issue.  It previews the brand new story appearing in the forthcoming issue # 4.  Our amigo, editor, Rob Davis, sent the pages of this issue off to the printers last weekend and we are anxiously awaiting word that the book is finished and available for sale.  Trust me, the second we know, we'll be shouting it over the rooftops.  Ye Old Air Chief is on Facebook and will gladly connect with any Loyal Airmen, so feel free to send me a Friend Request if you are a member.  Keep in mind, issue # 4 sports an amazing cover by artist Nick Runge which we've been purposely keeping under wraps until the book is ready.  Take my word for it, you are all going to love it.

We finally got to see the comic book movie, WOLVERINE, this past week and enjoyed it a great deal.  We thought the plot was overly complicated in the second half, when the young mutants were introduced and wished the writers would have kept the movie focused on Wolverine alone, but that's a minor quibble.  It was really was a fun, action packed flick.  Next we're hoping to eventually catch Pixar's UP, for which we are hearing nothing but raves.

On the pulp front, we're hard at work on our first Sherlock Holmes anthology and hope to have it out sometime next month.  All you Loyal Airmen who love this character are in for a treat.  And finally, there's no way we can end this week's Flight Log without a huge shout out to Red Sox with their amazing three consecutive wins against their fierce division rivals, the New York Yankees.  Three nights in a row, through cold, rainy weather even, the Sox battled fiercely and came out on top.  All we can says is, thanks for some awesome baseball and …GO SOX!!!

Ron – Over & Out!

Greeting Loyal Airmen, we're hoping many of you have gone out and ordered copies of our just released reprint of Captain Hazzard # 1 Python Men of the Lost City which has that wonderful new Mark Maddox cover.  We're still extremely happy to have that book back in our Airship 27 catalog.  As always, you can shop at our on-line store by simply clicking on to our dirigible logo to the left of this log.  As of now, we have FIFTEEN TITLES available, which range from various genres such a aviation heroes, modern day suspense thrillers, horror, fantasy and of course our bread and butter, new pulp adventures.  So if you haven't visited the store in a while, do yourself, and us, a favor and stop on by.

Well, we've really been keeping things humming writing-wise at our Pulp Fiction Review blog.  We started this on-line column two years ago and the readership has continued to grow into a really huge following.  Last week we were invited to post our reviews on a brand new internet news site called The INDenver Times.  This was formerly the Rocky Mountain newspaper which was forced to closed its doors a little while back.  They, like many newspapers out there today, have made the switch to an all digital operation on-line. Thus, in looking for new content to attract readership, they cast a big net out into the web-sea.  Which is how we were invited aboard, and have accepted happily.  Thus far they've run our last two reviews and if you would like to check them out, and the INDenver Times itself, simply log on to (http://www.indenvertimes.com/)  You'll find our reviews in the Entertainment & Leisure section.

Speaking of entertainment, from time to time Ye Old Airchief has brought to your attention movies which, for whatever insane reasons, were not releases to the theaters and went direc to DVD.  One such movie is a great action piece called, OUTLANDER.

It stars one of our favorite actors, Jim Caviezel as an alien being who crash lands in the Scandanavian wilderness during the Viking era.  When found by a village of Vikings, he warns them that his ship was carrying a hellish beast that caused his crash and it is now loose and poses a threat to all of them.  He of course offers his assitance to the Viking Leader to help hunt down this alien monster and thus, as one reviewer wisely put it, the story takes on a Beowulf meets Predator story.  The action is superb, the action fast and furious and the supporting cast includes John Hurt, Sophia Miles and Ron Perlman.  It's a dandy adventure movie and we are still amazed that it was never released to theaters.  All Loyal Airmen should at least go out and rent OUTLANDER.  You won't be sorry.  And do let us know what you thought of it. 

Sticking with the movie theme, all you Loyal Airmen will recall how we posted enjoying the new J.J.Abrams written and directed STAR TREK movie that has quickly become the biggest box-office hit of this season thus far.  It's a fresh and exciting reimagining of that classic space opera franchise with a talented young cast.  Another of the elements that added to our enjoyment of the movie was the beautiful, thrilling music score by Michael Giacchino.  Ye Old Air Chief loves movie music and has a collection of over 450 disc which we play when writing.  Giacchino has composed a grand old fashion score which uses themes to identify each of the characters and weaves them throughout the score.  It's truly beautiful music from start to finish, capturing the essence of what the adventure was all about. This one is a most welcome addition to that music library.

On the baseball front, the Red Sox swept the Detroit Tigers three games in a row and are on their way back to Fenway for a weekend set against the Texas Rangers.  Having the identical win-loss record as the rival New York Yankees, both teams are sharing the number one spot in the American League East Division.  So all is good there.  Until they can lay claim it alone.  Ha.  And this weekend, our son Scott and grandson Logan, are driving up from their home in Bethel, Conn. to spend a few days with us.  So you know we're looking forward to these next few days with much joy.  Anytime family comes to visit is a cause of celebration in Hangar 27.

That's all for this week, Loyal Airmen.  Next week we'll be gearing up to attend Larry Doherty's Sunday Comic Show.  We'll have all the details for you then. Take care, have a great week,
Ron – Over & Out.

Greeting Loyal Airmen.  We've only a few topics to touch on this week, but both are really near and dear to the Air Chief's heart.  Back in 2006 we made a dream come true by launching our pulp revival company, Airship 27 Productions.  One of the first books we wrote and produced was our re-write of the 1938 pulp adventure, Captain Hazzard – Python Men of the Lost City.  It was the beginning of our all new Captain Hazzard series.  Sadly the original publisher chose to remove all our titles from their catalog and for several years the first two books in the series were unavailable for sale.  Sale, that is, at a decent price.  We've mentioned in the past how unscrupulous book sellers were asking outlandish prices for the two books and promised you we would get them reprinted.  Well, as of today (Friday 29 May 09) the very first book is back in print, this time via our publisher, Cornerstone Book Publishers.

This new re-edited edition sports a new cover by the amazing Mark Maddox and is now available for sale at our on-line store along with all our other fine pulp titles.  Simply click on the dirigible to the left of this column.  And as always, in a few short weeks the book will be available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all other fine book store outlets everywhere.  Now, all of you Loyal Airmen who have bought later Captain Hazzard books in our series but had missed out on getting # 1 can do so easily.   As of now, three of the four Captain Hazzard penned by the Air Chief are available.  The still missing title, # 2, Citadel of Fear, will be the focus of our production and with fingers crossed we'll have it ready by the end of the year.  You see, we have to squeeze it in among all the great new titles Airship 27 Productions has in the works like Dan Fowler G-Man and The Green Lama to name only a few.  Stay tuned, lots of pulp goodness on the way.

                     
                              The Air Chief & his Mr.Jigsaw Banner
On the comic front, we are thrilled to unveil our newest promotional tool, a six foot tall Mr.Jigsaw color banner.  Those of you Loyal Airmen who stop by regularly will recall our artist pal, Rob Davis, had had one of these made with our Airship 27 logo for when we attend pulp conventions.  We were so impressed with when we saw at the Windy City Pulp & Paper con last month, we thought it would be fun to have one made up featuring our Man of a Thousand Parts and so followed up with that plan.  Last week it arrived and we couldn't be any happier at how beautiful it came out.  It features the covers of the first three books in our new Mr.Jigsaw comic series. The banner will be on display for the very first time in Lowell, Ma. on Sunday the 14th of June, when we will be the guest of Larry Doherty's comic show.  We hope many of you Loyal Airmen will be able to come down and help us celebrate the official launching of Mr.Jigsaw.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen.  Thanks as ever for stopping, stay well and do something nice for someone.  Good deeds have a way of making the world better for all of us.

Ron – Over & Out!

Greeting Loyal Airmen.  Well, here it is, Memorial Day weekend and thousands of Americans have packed up the family car and are headed out of town; destination the lake, the beach, the resort, anywhere that is free of work and every day obligations.  Purpose of trips…FUN!  And that's my sincerest wish for all you Loyal Airmen this weekend, as we kick off the Summer season.  Have tons of good, clean fun!!

            
                                   Wayne Reinagel

One of our most creative Pulp Factory members is Wayne Reinagel.  If you'll recall, the Pulp Factory is the Yahoos Group I moderate and many of its members are Airship 27 writers and artists, all Loyal Airmen, every one.  Just about a month ago, Wayne posted on the board that he had just finished his latest pulp project, a detailed pulp hero time-line.  Initially upon reading those words we had no clue exactly what that could be.  Wayne went on to explain he had put together a chart starting in the 1771 and running all the way to 1954.  Then he listed every single major cultural event that could be considered relevant to pulps.  There are well over a thousand entries that cover everything from Edgar Allen Poe's birthday to the arrival of King Kong in New York City!  On this chart you'll find the birthdays of Wild Bill Hickock, Arthur Conan Doyle and….holy smokes…Ye Old Air Chief!!!  Yup, Wayne honored us by including that entry, dated 5 Nov. 1946.  Once all of us at the Pulp Factory realized what it was Wayne had done, we were naturally excited.  This single document is perhaps the greated single pulp reference work ever produced.

            
                         Wayne Reinagel's Definitive Pulp Heroes Time-Line Chart

Above is a photo Ye Old Air Chief standing proudly beside his own copy of this amazing work.  Wayne surprised all his Pulp Factory brothers two weeks ago when he showed up at the Windy City Pulp Con with a poster for each and every one of us.  Now if any of you Loyal Airmen are into pulps, whether as a creator, collector or simply a fan, you have to have this chart.  Wayne sells it at a ridiculously low price on E-Bay and eventually hopes to have copies available at future conventions.  The E-Bay URL is (http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Knightraven-Studios.)  Thanks, Wayne, and job supremely well done!

Another sure sign of the season is Hollywood's unleashing their big, splashy block-buster movies.  Again, a few weeks ago they started the ball rolling with Wolverine.  Which, according to some truly bogus TV ads, they claim is the current box-office champ.  Wrong. That auspicious title goes to Paramount studios and the amazingly entertaining STAR TREK reboot.  I'm sure by now most Loyal Airmen are aware of this film, if they haven't seen it already.  After almost thirty years of Star Trek TV shows and movies, the franchise was given a complete overhaul by writer/director J.J.Abrams.  Abrams is the creative mind behind such successes as TV's ALIAS, LOST and this year's FRINGE.   And we are here to tell you that STAR TREK may be his greatest achievement yet.  It is a roller-coaster ride from the opening sequence to the last.  The young actors chosen to portray figures we've all come to know and love over the decades are simply perfect in every nuance and detail.  Led by Chris Pine as Jim Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock, this is an energetic young cast of actors who bring their A game to the movie.  Of course Valerie and the Air Chief have yet to see ANGELS & DEMONS, or TERMINATOR SALVATION, but as we write these words, the movie sitting at the top of the mountain is STAR TREK and we're laying odds it will be the one to beat.  We personally can't wait to see it again.  It's that good.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen, this week's log.  One final thought before we sign off and one we are sure all of you have already taken to heart.  It's called Memorial Day because Monday is the day we, as a nation of free people, stop and remember those who sacrificed all for our country and our way of life.  It is right for us to celebrate and have a party, America is worth celebrating.  But never ever let us forget the men and women in uniform, past and present, stationed around the globe, guarding our beloved shores day and night from those who would harm us.  God bless every single one of them a hundred fold!

Ron- Over & Out!

                 
                      The Air Chief & Rob Davis with lots of great Airship 27 Pulp Titles.

Greetings Loyal Airmen, as I write this, my head is stuffed up and nose running like a faucet.  It's allergy time in New England again, oh yeah.  So this will be a short Flight Log.  I wanted to add a couple more pictures from the Windy City Pulp & Paper con, as I promised last week.  The one above is Ye Old Air Chief and his pal, Rob Davis, at our table in front of our very cool Airship 27 banner.  One of the big highlights of this show is the Sunday Morning Pulp Factory Breakfast Summit.  This year seven of us who belong to the Pulp Factory were in attendance.

                     
                               Rob  – Andrew  – Doug  – Van  – Ye Old Air Chief – Wayne – Dave

And here is a shot of that breakfast.  Gathered around the table prior to the final day of the convention, were Rob Davis, Andrew Salmon, Doug Klauba, Van Allen Plexico, yours truly, Wayne Reinagel and Dave Flora.  Here's hoping next year there will be even more of us on hand.  Its a fun tradition started three years ago by Rob, Doug and the Air Chief, that everyone looks forward to.

                               
                                    The Air Chief & his little angel, Kristi

Back in 1990 we bought a silver extended cab Toyota pick up truck.  It was a great little vehicle and our first grandchild, Kristi simply loved it.  One of her favorite fun things to do was sit on my lap and pretend to drive it as the photo above shows.  It was a special thing between the two of us.  Of course she kept telling Valerie and me that she wanted that truck one day when she grew all up.  We laughingly promised we would keep it in good shape and do just that.

                   
                                                             Valerie, Kristi & the Air Chief

Last Saturday that little bundle of endless energy attended her junior prom.  Our little angle grew into this beautiful young lady just like that, almost in the blink of an eye.  Where did all those years in between go?  It's moments like these that every family cherishes and ponders as time seems to race along so quickly with each passing year. Oh, and we gave her (& her younger sister) that Toyota truck last year when she got her driving license. A promise we were only too happy to keep.

That's it, got to grab some tissues.  Till next week, Loyal Airmen,
Ron – Over & …Achooo!  Out.