And on the travel theme…few seem to know you can grab a helicopter in downtown New York and take it to JFK or Newark airport for less than $160 each way. US Helicopter will fly you over all the traffic - and even check your bags nad clear you through security when they pick you up - so you can go straight to your gate once you land at the airport. Flying time? 8 minutes. Think of it as Taxi Fare + Time Saved + No TSA line + Experience = Justification. Flights every half hour from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. PURCHASE TX
Robert Pelton Young is no stranger to danger. He embedded himself with the CIA in its hunt for Bin Laden, he spent time with both insurgents and Blackwater in Iraq, spent time with Special Forces, and writes for National Geographic. Who else would own the domain www.comebackalive.com? Pelton’s “Guide Book” is now in it’s 5th edition. So if you’re headed into a country on the State Department’s list of sketchiness, you might want to pick this up. Maybe use it as a checklist? Or maybe not. $16. BUY
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If all goes to plan, yes - the future will become reality. Jetpack International’s T-73 will let you travel 11 miles on one tank of fuel. Albeit jet fuel. The company has manufactured a few jetpacks, but none yet that can last the 9 minutes that the T-73 will boast. Scheduled to be released “early to middle” of this year, we anxiously await word. If it’s real…we don’t know what to say. $200,000.
Jets are great, don’t get us wrong. But to actually see the America we usually fly over, may be a nice change of pace. Few know you can charter your own train car and attach it to an Amtrak train. Go virtually anywhere. Make it your temporary office. The Hickory Creek car above sleeps 8. Amtrak charges about $2/mile to latch on.
Get away for the weekend and take camping to the next level with Airstream’s Basecamp. Roomy enough to sleep two, and you can even pack your kayaks, motorcycles (optional ramp) or other gear. You can include a tent option on the back, engineered by Kelty, to expand room. Even has kitchen with sink, oven and skylights. Interior comes in Pacific Blue, Forest Green, or Fire Red. $26,000.
Now you can toss your laptop in the backseat of your car. In fact, you can now drive over it, run through a rainstorm….make it a flood. The Pelican 1495cc2 Notebook Computer Case/Briefcase is ready for anything you can send its way. Lid organizer, overmolded handle, even an automatic pressure equalization valve so the lid never vacuums shut in altitude changes. Watertight, dust proof, crushproof. Fits up to a 17″ laptop and comes with included unconditional lifetime guarantee. The briefcase for business, travel, leisure - and any extreme element. $165.
The Solio Universal Hybrid Charger can keep your cell phone and iPhone charged on long hikes, camping, skiing or at the beach. Also perfect for emergency kits, it is well worth the $95 and may even save you in the long run on the electric bill. Being green never looked so good.
