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 International Skydiving Commission, (ISC)

The International Skydiving Commission, (ISC), also branded as World Skydiving, is one of 11 Air Sport Commissions (ASC) and three Technical Commissions organised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), founded in 1905 and headquartered in Lausanne Switzerland. The FAI is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Other examples of ASCs include gliding, aeromodelling and ballooning. Under delegated powers from FAI, the ISC administers competitions, records and activities for sport parachuting/skydiving. There are over 100 member organisations to FAI. Within each country, a National Air Sport Control, (NAC) administers all FAI air sports.  In some countries with multiple air sports, the country’s NAC may further delegate powers to national organisations for parachuting, gliding, drones, ballooning, for example; for others, the NAC exists solely for parachuting.

FMI: https://www.fai.org/commission/isc