Aero-Linx!

Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this is done on the Internet.

The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into cyber-aero-space for awhile.

Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via Aero-Linx. Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always welcome, as well.

Aero Linx: Ex-MACs

This group is made of retired McDonnell Engineers, most of whom began their careers at MAC either on the F101, F3H or F4H programs. They worked together on those programs as well as the DC-10, F15, F18 and AV8 programs. They get together once a month for lunch maintaining a camaraderie that they shared for years as Teammates at MAC. All this started when four old Teammates, Ralph Barber, Jim Greco, Don Williams and Glen Woodson got together for lunch one afternoon in 1999. It was so enjoyable they began meeting monthly and started inviting other retired Teammates. There have been more than forty-five different Teammates who have since attended and they have some twenty-five Teammates who attend regularly.

FMI: http://exmacs.tripod.com/index.html