Sun, Feb 22, 2009
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: United States Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Association
The USHPA began as the Southern California Hang Gliding
Association in 1971 and shortly afterwards, in March of 1974,
became the United States Hang Gliding Association (USHGA),
headquartered in southern California. In 1989, the Association was
moved from Southern California to its present home in Colorado
Springs, CO and in 2006, became the United States Hang Gliding and
Paragliding Association (USHPA). The USHPA, as a membership
organization, has no governmental authority, does not own any
flying sites, does not negotiate nor enter into any permits for
flying sites, does not control any flying sites or the flying that
takes place at them. The sports of hang gliding and paragliding are
not controlled by the USHPA; anyone that wishes can fly.
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