Fri, Aug 20, 2010
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: The Man Will Never
Fly Memorial Society
Well, yesterday was National Aviation Day, but did you know
that some people still believe flight is impossible? Members
of the Man Will Never Fly Memorial Society are not opposed to
flight; birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it, as Cole
Porter once said. But when you stop to think about it, do you
actually believe that a machine made of tons of metal will fly?
(Having been up there, I'd have to say "yes.") "We ask you to
gather under our banner and combat the myth that man can, did, or
will ever fly, except in his or her imagination," their website
says.
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