Greetings Loyal Airmen, to our Flight Log for the momentous year, 2010. A year that saw us pack up the old Hangar 27 and move it half-way across the country from Somersworth,NH, to our new home base here in Fort Collins, Colorado.  And a road trip with son Scott we will never forget. Thanks again, Scott. Well, the year certainly had  its ups and downs like they all do. Early back in Jan., Rob Davis and the Air Chief took it upon themselves to try and produce twelve Airship 27 Production pulp titles. An ambitious goal for our little two man operations, but we had an idea we could do it, after having released ten titles the previous year.  Well, today, despite some major roadblocks along the way, we did it! Our twelfth and final book of 2010 is now officially available for sale.

                 
RAVENWOOD – Stepson of Mystery, features four brand new stories of this little known, classic occult detective from the 1930s pulps.  Our volume has stories by B.C.Bell, Bill Gladman, Bobby Nash and Frank Schildiner. All of them are fantastic adventures of the supernatural. The book is profusely illustrated by artist Charles Fetherolf and sports a gorgeous painted cover by Bryan Fowler. This is the first time both these two gentlemen have contributed to Airship 27 Productions and we hope it won't be the last.  Both Rob and the Air Chief are extremely proud of ever single book we put out this year and tip our pulp fedoras to our always supportive publisher, Michael Poll of Cornerstone Book Publishers. We could not do this without Mike and Cornerstone.  And remember, Loyal Airmen, you can grab a copy by clicking on to our dirigible logo to the left of this column. It will take you to our on-line store where all our titles are available at a discounted savings, our way of saying thanks for your continued support.

In regards to the pulp world, 2011 will see the awarding of the second annual Pulp Factory Awards.  Nominations start in Jan. and final ballots will go out to the members of the Factory in Feb.  Awards, as last year will be given out at the Windy City Paper & Pulp Show in April 15 -17.  And this year, Rob and the Air Chief will be bringing Airship 27 Productions to three pulp conventions.  After Windy City we head for Pulp Ark in Batesville, Arkansas which debuts in May and finally we wrap things up at Pulp Fest in Columbus in Aug. There is a true renaissance of all things pulp happening the world and we couldn't be happier.

            
        Painted cover by Chales Binger for THE PUSHER by Ed McBain 1957-
To highlight that claim, we were recently notified that there will be a gallery exhibition in Los Angeles of the paintings of artist Charles Ashford Binger, who between 1940 and the early 70s painted many of the paperback covers that graced drugstore spin-racks. Binger was a master of pulp as indicative of his piece above, from an 87th Precinct novel by the late Ed McBain.  If any of you Loyal Airmen are in the Los Angeles area, you really take the time to check this out.  It will be held at the La Luz de Jesus Gallery – 4633 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027. You can learn more at (www.info@laluzdejesus.com)

         
And finally, we wanted to let all you Loyal Airmen know how much fun the Air Chief is having with his new Blu-Ray player.  Loving film as much as we do, seeing them to vibrantly brought to visual life before our eyes along with the crystal clear reproduction of sound has been just amazing and heightened our enjoyment of watching these movies.  One such we recently enjoyed was THE PHANTOM, from the sci-fi mini-series that was aired on the Sci-Fi Channel earlier this year.  We initially thought we wouldn't like this modernization of the classic Lee Falk comic hero, but received the biggest surprise of they entire year when we were totally entertained by it. The story was respectful to the Phantom lore, the acting and directing very well turned in and the action lots of fun. The Blu-Ray copy pictured above was a welcome Christmas gift. We recommend it to all you Loyal Airmen who haven't had the fun of seeing it yet.

And that's it, Loyal Airmen.  2010 is gone, with all its joys and heartaches.  We wish you all the Happiest of New Years ahead.  Thanks for taking the journey with us.
Ron – Over & Out.