A company called Terrafugia is currently developing a plane that transitions into a car. For a mere $148,000 you too can own a Transition. When completed in late 2009, it will have an average cruising speed of 115 mph, gets over 25 mpg in the air. It’s classified as a Light Sport Utility vehicle and weighs only 1320 lbs. It will be powered by a 100 hp, 4-stroke Rotax 912 ULS. This engine is FAA certified to run on both 91+ octane autogas as well as 100LL. The same engine is used to power the rear push-prop and front wheels, using a clutch-based transmission for power selection. The Rotax engine is certified to allow a 5% ethanol mixture.

Cargo and Dimensions
The vehicle will have 550 lbs of usable cargo weight in a 20 cubic foot space, which can be divided up among people, bags or fuel. It has a 20 gallon fuel tank which consumes about 120 lbs of fuel. Its maximum range is 460 miles (400 nm) when operating at 75% power, which is required to sustain 115mph cruising speed. When in folded position, the vehicle measures just 6.75 feet high, by 7.5 feet wide, by 18.75 feet long. No data on the wingspan was given, however it could not exceed approximately 35 feet due to the stated dimensions and mechanical operation of the wing through a single central hinge. The internal cabin space is 50 inches wide.

Transition’s wing loading is approximately 8.8 lbs per square foot, which is comparable to light sport or general purpose aviation aircraft. They currently have a working prototype wing design, however it is machine mounted and is not part of the actual aircraft. All of the pictures and images seen are either from a 1/5th scale prototype that was built and flown, or from computer generated animation.

The vehicle goes from 1-2-3, or from 3-2-1 via the push of a button. It must be stopped, engine off, to make the transition. The vertical stabilizers double as rear taillights and indicators. A pilot’s license is required to operate the vehicle, which will have a price tag of approximately $148,000. It will be available in late 2009, with a full-size prototype completed in late 2008. A 1/5th prototype has already been created and flown.

In order to operate the vehicle, the pilot (not the driver) will have to be FAA certified and hold a pilot’s license. Currently only a visual flight rating (VFR) ability is planned, as the on-board instruments will not be sufficient for a full Instrument Rating.

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Over the years, I’ve gone through a number of different web hosting companies. It’s a tough business, built on razor-thin margins, and often service and performance suffer as a result. Some hosts try to cram too many users on a single server, which results in pages coming up very SLOOOOWLY.. Worse yet, many places skimp on their support staff. Of course, you’ll never notice this when things are working correctly, but when your site goes down and you try to contact support, you’ll soon discover what a hellish experience it really is!

Thankfully, there are still some good guys out there giving us great service at reasonable prices. How does this sound?

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Business cards are a must for anyone in business.. Yet all too often, I meet people who don’t have business cards, or they printed out their own cards. First impressions are very important, so don’t blow it on something so basic! I know money’s tight when you’re first starting out, but VistaPrint has a solution that can fit even the smallest budget:

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VistaPrint allows you to design, proof and order you business cards online. The free cards offer has 42 background designs to choose from. If you don’t like any of them, you can pay $14.99 to get access to hundreds of other designs. It costs nothing to try it out, so check out the site and see if you find a business card that meets your needs! Down the line when money isn’t so tight, you can get some fancier cards - I have some REALLY sick business cards that were custom designed, but they cost $200 for 2000 cards!

The VistaPrint offer is great if you’re looking for some free business cards to promote your site or blog. If you don’t need business cards, VisitaPrint also offers a free rubber stamp, personalized notepad, or 100 postcards.

Many people are running away from CPC because the payout is getting lower and lower. If you are using Google Adsense, you’ve noticed that the payout is REALLY low (sometimes just a few cents per click). It’s not easy to find high payout ads these days. ShoppingAds is a hybrid product that serves both CPA (cost per action) ads provided by eBay and CPC (cost per click) ads provided by their shopping comparison engine partners. They’re promising payouts averaging 20 cents/click.

If you have a website or blog, this is a great way to easily monetize your website.. ShoppingAds makes the process very easy - You just pick a keyword, select an ad format (letterboard, horizontal, vertical), and choose your colors. They’ll give you a piece of JavaScript code that you just embed onto your website, and you’re done! If you can setup an AdSense block, you can setup ShoppingAds.

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Ask any small business owner when their last vacation was, and the answer is inevitably the same - “What’s a vacation?” Trust me, I totally understand.. It’s tough to leave your business behind, but all work and no play actually makes you less productive. So even though I’ve got a mountain of work to tackle, I’m taking a much-needed vacation! (And we’re flying for free, thanks to all the points I racked up on my American Express Gold Card)

But the key is to truly “unplug” from your job. Just recently, I got a flyer from Carnival Cruises promoting their new wi-fi and cell phone service.. I’ve never understood why people would need internet access while they’re relaxing on vacation, but people are strange. The teenagers are probably checking their MySpace profiles 20 times a day, while Dad is checking his work e-mail every few hours. One of the things I like about cruises is that there are no annoying cell phones (and douchebags loudly talking on their Bluetooth headseats) - But it looks like that will change shortly! Soon you’ll see everyone laying out by the pool with their laptops and Crackberries in hand, and those same people will return to work the following week no less stressed than when they left!

That’s not my idea of a good time. So I’m off, completely unplugged from the world, with only one goal in mind - TO RELAX! No laptop, no cell phone, not even my iPod. I’ll pass the time with books and magazines (remember those?). See you guys in a week!