A report in The Daily Beast this morning showed that Sarah Palin is less John Madden and a more automotive industry executive — at least when it comes to what was billed as a “bus tour” for her best-selling book Going Rogue.

The Daily Beast reports that Palin has been flying from city to city, only hopping on her bus for short distances.

It seems now that Palin hasn’t been on the bus, except for short hops between local airports and hotels and book-signing sites. Instead, as first reported by the Alaskan blog Palingates, she’s apparently been aboard UJT750, the Gulfstream American twin-jet that she first boarded at Westchester County airport shortly after noon on November 18, bound for Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the first stop on her tour.

Palin’s publisher confirmed to The Plum Line this afternoon that Palin, indeed, had been flying for “minimal” “logistic” reasons.

Palin will be in Roswell, New Mexico tomorrow for a book signing.

The Albuquerque Journal reported that Palin will not be answering questions from the media at the Roswell event. This is somewhat ironic; throughout the book, Palin complains that the McCain campaign did not allow her to speak her mind to the press.