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: LiveATC.Net

"From their headsets to you" the website says. This site offers anyone with an internet connection the ability to listen in on conversations between controllers and pilots at some of the world's busines airports, and some local towers as well. The site made news this week for the transcript of a recording of a child that was allowed to talk to pilots during a "take your kids to work" day at JFK, which has landed a controller and a supervisor in hot water. That not withstanding, it can certainly be instructive to hear how communications happen at airports large and small.

FMI: http://www.liveatc.net/