Greeting Loyal Airmen, we've certainly got a list cool things to share with you this week.  Upper most is the fact that this time next week the Air Chief and his pal, Rob Davis, will be in Columbus, Ohio, for the third annual Pulp Fest Convention. This is a great show that seems to get better every single year and we truly hope any of you Loyal Airmen living in the area will make it a point to drop by and say hi.  As always the Airship 27 table will be manned by us with all sorts of great pulp titles. Speaking of which, Airship 27 today announced the release of its 38th title.

               
This is the third and final installment of award winning writer Michael Vance's horrific trilogy all centering around the quite little fishing town of Light's End on the rocky coast of Maine.  Vance's work has often times been compared to the styling of the great H.P. Lovecraft and right so.  This new book sports a gorgeous cover by painter Keith Birdson and ten black and white interior illustrations by artist Eric York.  You can pick up a digital download copy at our Hangar 27 for only $3. Simply go to the links page and click on the appropriate button. Note, the Cornerstone Book Publishers editions will be out Aug.5th and available at Barnes & Noble, Amazon and other reputable book distributors. We hope you'll give it look.  And though we won't have hard copies at Pulp Fest, we will have download copies we can burn to disc should you be interested in picking one up.

Last week we mentioned we were very anxious to see the last Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows Part Two. Well, we did so at a Monday morning showing and we were not disappointed.  This final chapter in this remarkable series was easily the best book to screen adaptation ever.  We're not saying the books are not better, they always will be, but this two part movie followed 90% of the actual book and the scenes were just as poignant and dramatic as we recalled reading them.  In the end, as the final scene faded to black, we were applauding and saying good-bye to Harry, Hermoine & Ron.  For over a decade they brought us along on this truly amazing journey, turning us mere muggles into magical beings. We've not doubt these books and their film versions will go on to entertain future generations of children (& their parents) for as long as people appreciate well told tales and this was clearly one of the best.  Thank you, J.K. Rowling.

      
                                   JACK YAEGER BATTLES THE MERCURY MEN
Speaking of good old fashion yarns, on this coming Monday, 25th of July, the SyFy website will debut an on-line series done in the classic style of the old movie serials.  For each day, over a two week period, this site will post a short segment of a sci-fi black and white adventure thriller called THE MERCURY MEN.  Written by young producer, Chris Preksta, the show is a total homage to the 1940s matinee chapter plays.  The time is the 1950s and weird, white beings from the planet Mercury have launched a secret invasion of earth.  Now it is up to a bored, mild mannered clerk, Eward Borman and the master engineer adventure, Jack Yaeger to stop them.  Earlier today, the Air Chief had the fun of talking with creator Chris Preksta on the PULPED Podcast which he co-hosts along with Tommy Hancock, Barry Reese and Derrick Ferguson.  Chris was a great guest and his enthusiasm for this old brand of movie making resulted from his seeing the Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies as a child.  Curious about the serials he heard Lucas and Spielberg had been inspired by, Chris sought them out on VHS tapes and DVD discs and discovered a whole new world of action adventure.  Now he's made a brand new serial and all of us will get to repeat the fun.  So mark Monday on your calendar and do check out that first chapter.  It's going to be wild.

And there you have it for another week, Loyal Airmen.  Monday, Val and the Air Chief are finally going to catch the one movie we've been waiting for all summer, CAPTAIN AMERICA -The First Avenger.  Rest assured you'll be getting our review next Flight Log, which we will post early Thursday morning next week, again, as we head out to Columbus and Pulp Fest.  Hope to see lots of Loyal Airmen there.

Ron – Over & Out!