Sat, Dec 24, 2011
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: NORAD Tracks
Santa
It's Christmas Eve, and as they have every year since 1958,
NORAD will be tracking Santa Claus on his annual flight. The story
goes (according to Wikipedia) that:
"... the program began on December
24, 1955 when a Sears department store placed an advertisement in a
Colorado Springs newspaper which told children that they could
telephone Santa Claus and included a number for them to call.
However, the telephone number printed was incorrect and calls
instead came through to Colorado Springs' Continental Air Defense
Command (CONAD) Center. Colonel Shoup, who was on duty that night,
told his staff to give all children that called in a "current
location" for Santa Claus. A tradition began which continued when
the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) replaced CONAD
in 1958."
This year, NORAD will be tracking santa on Google Earth. Merry
Christmas.
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