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: RAF Museum

The U.S. certainly does not hold a patent on aviation museums, though they may be more diverse here than almost anywhere else. The RAF maintains museums in two locations in the U.K, one of which hopes to be the display home of a Dornier Do-17 bomber which is currently at the bottom of the English Channel. According to the website, while offering a detailed insight into aviation technology, the museum also focuses on the people who made it possible - daredevil early aviators, wartime heroes and the thousands of ordinary Service men and women whose contribution shaped the World today.

FMI: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/