The team at Terrafugia is about to fulfill the fantasy of every driver pilot: a consumer vehicle that can take to the highways and the skies. All they have to do is finish the first one. [reminder: 2008 project - more links to articles about flying cars.] - Rex Hammock
You'll have to plow through a lot of snit-snitting about citizens journalism to get to the last sentence - "In August, Bloomberg News inadvertently published a draft of an obituary for Jobs. The item wasn't meant for publication and was retracted. " - Rex Hammock
A Piece of Aviation History For Sale: Moller International’s M200X. End of auction: Oct. 7 at 08:23:11 PDT. Moller International (OTC-BB: MLER) is offering its M200X for sale. The M200X volantor[1] was the first VTOL aircraft of its kind (flying car) to fly successfully and did so repeatedly during the 1980’s. The most important flight occurred on May 10, 1989 in front of the local, national and international press. This flight, shown on our website at http://www.moller.com/videom20..., resulted in subsequent articles in Forbes, Discover, Popular Mechanics, USA Today and Esquire as well as TV appearances on Good Morning America, The History Channel, 60 Minutes, numerous times on The Discovery Channel and on the evening news with Peter Jennings. The M200X was the first flying car type vehicle to successfully demonstrate that it was possible to hover and maneuver a personal VTOL aircraft by someone with virtually no pilot training. - Rex Hammock
The vehicle, which is said to remain in perfect condition, undertook its most important flight on May 10, 1989 where it was filmed by local, national and international press. (hat tip to Britt Blaser) - Rex Hammock
Were they supposed to issue a press release, or something? I think most settlements are 'as quiet as possible.' The biggest statement on all this: Nobody noticed the content was gone for almost a month. - Rex Hammock
The anxiety we feel about rising prices, plummeting home values and a weak dollar is real. But perhaps we should take comfort in the fact that, historically, recessions are relatively short and they're usually followed by long periods of prosperity. (via: waxy.org) - Rex Hammock
Lenovo's online marketing VP, David Churbuck, has advice for publishers who embed text ads in edit - "I have told our teams NOT to run these types of intrusive tactics out of respect to our customers and readers. I may have to do the same with our agency when it comes to running on sites that permit this stuff." - Rex Hammock
As lawmakers debate the proposed financial bailout bill, small-business owners — who are especially vulnerable to financial meltdowns — face even tighter credit than usual. - Rex Hammock
