It’s 1937. The Depression lingers as Dust Bowl and SPAM enter the American lexicon. War begins in Spain. Amelia Earhart is lost over the Pacific, and the King of England, unable to cope with her loss, abandons the throne to marry some woman he pretends to love. More importantly, Prohibition is over, leaving thousands unemployed. Gangsters, G-men and barnstormers who’d once made a respectable living in the bootlegging trade turn now to less interesting work. For pilots this means airline jobs, except for one enterprising flyer, Kate Strauss, who can’t qualify for the airlines, because No Women Allowed in the cockpit. Kate, along with a devoted circle of friends and lovers, keeps a small midwestern flight operation aloft by the numbers…the numbers racket, that is. Money laundering, Chicago mobsters, biplanes, newsreel footage, running boards on a blood red Ford V8, ten cent gas and nickel cigars, plus a few Hollywood celebrities just to give it class…it’s all Inside The Circle. (Rated PG-13 for gangland violence, crude language and shameless smoking in public.) Sold through Amazon.com, Lulu.com and eBay. Free shipping does not apply to this item.

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Watch a free five-minute video about Antique Airfield, home of the Antique Airplane Association. Produced by Joe Pundzak, Living The Legend-Blakesburg was written by Joe Pundzak and Paul Berge and will be released in feature length at the 2008 AAA/APM Fly-in. So, for now, pull down your goggles and...enjoy.

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A new flying club is forming at the Osceola Airport (I75), in Osceola, Iowa, a short distance from Ailerona Muni. Anyone--pilot or non-pilot--interested in flying is invited send an e-mail to: ailerona@aol.com

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It's not just a blog, but, instead, a Blog Novel, and this one is full of flying adventures, drama, romance and just a little silliness. Experience never-before-published aviation stories at: http://paulbergeaviationstories.blogspot.com/

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Looking for a speaker for an upcoming event? Tired of speaking for yourself? Now you can have Paul Berge, former IFR magazine's Editor (1999-2005) and author of Zen and the Art of Pumpkin Bombing©, or one of the many other aviation writers in the Transportation Speakers Association (TSA) speak for you. Speakers include: Roberta Bassin, Paul Beck, Tim Busch, Scott Dennstaedt, Rick Durden, Kevin Garrison, Jane Garvey, Gia Koontz, Doug Rozendaal, Scott Sky Smith, Brent Taylor, Jeff Van West, and Chip Wright.

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Aviation author, Paul Berge, is a flight instructor, former FAA air traffic controller, monthly columnist for Pacific Flyer (Flights of Fancy), Pilot's Audio Update, author of AVWeb's Brainteaser quizzes (#65-present) and former editor of IFR magazine. For six years (2000-2007) Paul could be seen weekly on Iowa Public Television's Living In Iowa hosting the Emmy-nominated Side Roads travel series.

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Wanna read all about Rejection Slip Theater©? Okay, do you know anyone who wants to read about RST? Either way, you can jump into the rejection slip blog bog, absolutely free of guilt or financial obligation. Read the gossip, the behind-the-virtual-scene drama, and the history of radio theater's weirdest adventure. Listen to free radio theater, make faces, leave comments and forward everything to your former friends.

Who needs a Second Life when Rejection Slip Theater will convince you to get a life...on radio! The RST blog is at www.rejectionsliptheater.blogspot.com

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Read, if not all about it, at least about the highlights of Paul Berge's 4000-mile biplane trip from Iowa to California. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why the FAA doesn't put a stop to him. This story originally appeared in Antique Airfield Runway magazine.

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the Logbook©, an audiobook CD collection of Rejection Slip Theater (r) radio dramas written by Paul Berge and peformed by the Rejection Players, makes the perfect gift. the Logbook includes Last Flight Forever, a story of a WASP's last flight and stars Morgan Halgren. To order the Logbook CD send us an e-mail or call 515-961-0654. No credit cards. Payment through PayPal or check only.

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We visit Kansas City's Airline History Museum and tour the Save-A-Connie Lockheed L1049 Super G Constellation.

Save the Constellation. Lockheed "Connie," that is

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Sign up to receive (free) the original Rejection Slip Theater (c) radio dramas, comedies, westerns, sci-fi and mind-bending whatnot mind movies (c), starring such radio theater greats as: Morgan Halgren, Richard Choate, Michael Cornelison, Annie Meacham, Patty Choate, Michael Meacham, Joseph Pundzak, Linda Blakely, Greg Anderson...Oh, heck, the list goes on from here to whatever works. Invite them all into your iPod, your PC, or up on the roof where the Beatles still haven't cleaned up from their last gig. Just go to: iTunes, click on podcasts and type in "Rejection Slip Theater." Or click the link below (so easy).

Whatever the route, begin listening--once again--to Artie Azzetti and the Gang (c), written and performed by Paul Berge. Or join Henry and Peaches (c) in a Soviet attack nuclear submarine somewhere beneath suburbia...

Originally aired (1993-2003) on NewsRadio WHO 1040AM, RST has been resting Somewhere West of Laramine (c) but it's back, and free and all available through podcast magic at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/rejectionsliptheater

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Looking for Artie Azzetti and the Gang? To listen to complete Rejection Slip Theater(c) radio drama pod casts (as originally aired on WHO-Newsradio 1040AM from 1993-2003)--for free--go to: http://feeds.feedburner.com/rejectionsliptheater

Radio Free Rejection

"So long, and thanks for all the fish."

Paul Berge took his last Side Road , metaphorically speaking, at the 2007 Iowa State Fair. Six years on IPTV came to an end now that Living In Iowa has been cancelled. So, to quote Douglas Adams: "So long and thanks for all the fish."

You're invited to Ailerona to search for perfect flight and live the dreams that await anyone willing to believe in a sky that's open to all.

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Want to read more about Ailerona's author, Paul Berge? Read his biography.

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Jake Hollow, bootlegger and barnstormer, hauls you and cases of illegal Canadian whisky across middle America during Prohibition.

If you have a taste for a 1929 Templeton Rye and pulp fiction, you'll appreciate the smoothness of this 90-proof adventure.

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To read the latest in Paul Berge's series of high-flying crime pulp fiction go to: www.paulbergenovel.blogspot.com

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