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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: EVAC: the Emergency Volunteer Air Corps

EVAC, the Emergency Volunteer Air Corps, was founded in 1987 for the purpose of organizing General Aviation pilots, amateur radio operators, and other personnel to be of service during disasters and other major public emergencies. During the campaign to save California's Santa Monica Airport in the early 1980's it was learned that while some groups such as the Civil Air Patrol were well prepared to provide many vital services, there was no specific plan for utilizing the remaining majority of the General Aviation fleet and community at that airport during the great earthquake expected to occur in the area. Further investigation revealed that there was no plan in existence to provide this capability nationally and thus the EVAC program was begun. The EVAC mission was first publicly described to pilots in meetings of the California Pilots Association in Concord and San Diego, California in 1987 and 1988, and is fully discussed in this manual.

FMI: http://www.evac.org