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: National Aeronautic Association

The National Aeronautic Association is the oldest national aviation organization in the United States. The NAA is "dedicated to the advancement of the art, sport and science of aviation in the United States." NAA members are diverse and are in the aviation field of skydiving to commercial to military to model aviation and anything in between. If you want to set an aviation record in the US, you won’t do it without the NAA. They are the official record keeper for aviation in the United States.

FMI: www.naa.aero