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.

Recently, 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: The Berlin Airlift

Neither rain, nor snow nor sleet nor dark of night could stay these pilots from their appointed rounds of bringing supplies to West Berlin for distribution to the more than 2 million people. A huge undertaking, proving the indomitable spirit of the Western Allies. The Berlin Airlift Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the memory of this historic humanitarian effort. The foundation has restored a Douglass C-54E into a flying museum. The aircraft named Spirit of Freedom is painted like the 48th Troop Carrier Squadron which assisted in the Lift. Another aircraft, a Boeing C-97 is next to be transformed into a flying museum and classroom.

FMI: www.spiritoffreedom.org