Wed, Jun 03, 2020
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: Texas Aviation Association
In 1999 there was a grass roots effort to save Robert Mueller Airport in Austin, Texas. “Friends of Robert Mueller” was formed after it was learned that the city of Austin planned to close the airport and move all commercial and general aviation facilities to the new Austin Bergstrom International Airport. “Friends of Robert Mueller” successfully raised awareness of the impending loss of facilities but could not save Mueller and Austin Executive airports, both of which closed in the summer of 1999. The city of Austin chose not to provide any hangars for general aviation at the new airport and most of the hundreds of displaced general aviation planes and pilots were forced to find new homes in adjacent towns such as San Marcos and Georgetown. This created additional pressures on the operations at these non-towered airports. The founders of “Friends of Robert Mueller” soon realized that general aviation was being threatened in areas throughout Texas. The need for a
statewide advocacy group was obvious and the Texas Aviation Association was born with the mission statement, “To Promote and Preserve General Aviation in the State of Texas”.
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