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It’s the future, where’s my flying car?
Apparently, the future is now, and it’s brought to you by the good folks at Terrafugia. In the July issue of Ultraflight Magazine, Tim Kern takes an in-depth look at the Terrafugia Transition. The Transition is a flying car. No, really. It’s legal to drive it on the highways and byways of the United States, and, once the wings are unfolded and the powerplant shifted over to flight mode, it can be flown as a light sport aircraft.
Ah, but of course you’re thinking that flying cars have been developed before, and none of them proved much of a success. Well, Terrafugia feels that they are poised to bridge the gap between airport and garage, and do so as a successful business. But to find out how, you’ll have to read the issue! Now, where did I put my rocket pack…

Discovering Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Most people take their local area more or less for granted. We see the sights every day, and while those sights are often beautiful, even spectacular, they’re also familiar. However, even a very short trip away from your home base can reveal unexpected gems. That’s the experience Terri Sipantzi had when he and a friend flew their trikes to Campbell Field on Virginia’s Eastern shore, not terribly far away from Terri’s home base in Lynchburg, VA. Terri and his friend John Milhous saw some truly beautiful scenery, which they’ve shared in this issue of UltraFlight.

Olympics for Pilots
The World Air Games are just what author Jeff Goin says: the Olympics of Airsports. This international competition, held this year in Spain, host hundreds of flyers, in disciplines from aeromodeling to helicopters. This year, the US was represented by Jeff Goin, Stanley Kasica, and Chad Bastian in the paramotor division and Scott Johnson and Larry Mednick in the trike division.