Happy 2009!

Happy New Year!!!! With gas prices down, our outlooks are up . . . this WILL be a great year!

Before I write another word, I first must give an overdue thank you to one of our most loyal fans, Jim Decker. It was at the Tico Air Show last year, when Jim presented me with one of our original A-10 designs from the mid 1980's. Though the black of the tee had ripened to a mature grey tone, that "baby" still looked great!

We are in the process of organizing our 2009 Air Show Schedule, but I can tell you now, it looks very exciting! We will keep you posted, so please visit our website often.

Oshkosh is Coming!

So you thought I would forget about the blog . . . wrong!!!

So you thought I would begin with an apology . . . wrong!!!

So you thought I would ask "Where in the world is Warren?" Right?!. . . wrong again!!!

No, having been so caught up in redoing our web-site while attending to all things necessary for the air shows, I just needed a breather. I have inhaled, exhaled, and I am ready to go! I just can't believe that I am preparing for Oshkosh already!

Our show shirt is pretty, pretty, pretty spectacular! We have also added some new designs to our Blackbird collection: A T-6, a Gee-Bee, and a revised JSF.

In addition to our new designs, we are knocking them dead with our P-40 Hawaiian shirt with matching sneakers. Keep checking our site for all these new additions. And . . . come see them in person at the air shows!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

There's nothing like the luck of the Irish - Bear Stearns down to $2.00; our beautiful silver van, that is for sale, gets hit by an elderly blind woman in the Stop & Shop parking lot; our new black and white bags are finally in - only they're black and grey (ugh!). I know there's a pot o'gold waiting for us somewhere under a rainbow, but the only rainbow we seem to be under is a windblown tent!

Despite our rather lackluster St. Patrick's Day, may you find that four leaf clover in your hand, and not in your lawn!

Though winter has not truly gotten under way, we are, nonetheless, busy trying to arrange our airshow schedule. It is wonderful to be able to enjoy some well needed time off, but the "itch to pitch" is already starting . . .

This year, to our dismay, some of our favorite acts have retired.

The Red Baron Pizza Squadron has "cooked" its last slice. Those "pies" in the skies will no longer be delivering their spicy aerobatics.

OTTO, the blue-eyed, balloon blowing helicopter will be hovering no longer.

Three pilots from the USAF Heritage Flight have celebrated their last anniversary.

The Flying Farmer finally "bought the farm," so to speak. His retirement, on his 82nd birthday, may quell the stress levels so many audiences incurred from his zany act.

And "Goodnight, sweet Prince," is bid to the F-117 Nighthawk; it already "flew the coop" in its last demonstration.

Though "out with the old, and in with the new" can be bittersweet, we, nonetheless look skyward in celebrated awe at man's uncanny ability to soar!

Happy New Year!

2008 is going to be a great year! Though our air show schedule has not yet been established, I just know it is going to be sensational.

Airborn is pretty excited about our brand new web-site that will soon be published. It will feature ALL of our products in sizes small through 3 extra-large - with the availablity of some of our designs in 4X.

It will also feature some pretty dramatic photos taken by Warren and by you. If you have a photo that you would like to share, please let us know. We also plan on using pictures of you wearing our product. So, do make sure that you wear our classic designs when you venture out to the shows.

Until I next write, we would like to extend our wishes to you and yours for a wonderful New Year!

Uh Oh, Our Christmas Special is Ending!

You better watch out;
You better not cry;
You better not pout
I'm telling you why . . .
Our Christmas Special - buy 3 get 1 free is ending tomorrow, December 13th, at midnight!

We are still guaranteeing delivery for Christmas on all orders received by Monday, December 17th, and we will try our very best to "fly" those late orders in, as well!

Another reminder concerns our price increase beginning January 1, 2008. All tee shirts, sizes small through 3 extra-large, will be $18.00. So, make those purchases before the new year!!!

Our New E-Mailing Campaign

Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday.

I finally know "where in the world" Warren is; George has his favorite lap to slobber in; and I have my turkey carver back! But, more than that, it is the time that we truly give thanks to all of our wonderful customers who make Airborn Flightware possible, and to all of our fabulously brave men and women serving in the military. And. . . we have the Christmas Season to look forward to.

It is amazing. We have had a web-site since 1999. At that time, we were pioneers plodding our way through cyberspace. It was revolutionary in "those days." The problem is, we never left "those days." Thanks to our son, Adam, an established entrepreneur himself, we are finally shedding our dinosaur scales, and "getting with the program!"

We established an e-mail campaign and are in the midst of modernizing our website. So, if you get our e-mail, let us know what you think; it is the first of many more to come. Hopefully, there will be monthly specials and lots of "aviation speak."

One of the items mentioned in our e-mail is, unfortunately, an increase in price. Starting January 1, 2008, all tees, in sizes small - 3X, will be $18.00 each. We do apologize, but it is a necessary "evil." That aside, we are adding some wonderful new designs and products, and we still, as always, welcome wholesale accounts. And, all orders received by December 17th, will be guaranteed Christmas delivery!

So, give us a call; our customer service is pretty, pretty, pretty great!