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: International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians

We are IFFR. We are members of the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians. We have friends worldwide in Rotary and in aviation. The first Rotary Club met in Chicago in 1905. Rotary was the intellectual offspring of a unique adventurous soul, Paul P. Harris. IFFR was the brainchild of E. Edison Kennell. Rotarian Ed realized that there must be hundreds of fellow flying Rotarians in the skies over his native land and worldwide. Founding chairman Ed envisioned a network of pilots who shared not only his love of aviation, but his dedication to the Rotary concept of fellowship and service. From the USA our members have flown aircraft loaded with disaster relief supplies to Haiti and into Mexico.  Some of our more intrepid pilots have crossed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in personal aircraft. One IFFR member just completed an around the world adventure with spouse and friends in a private aircraft.  Many of our members use personal aircraft to fly children to faraway medical resources and to transport medical specialists into under served regions. Aviation opportunities in IFFR are innumerable. More valuable are the lifelong friendships that originate in our unique organization.  To acquire friendships of depth is easier among like-minded individuals. We share Rotary. We share a respect for, and a love of, aviation. If these attributes describe you,  join us in the best of the Rotary Fellowships.

FMI: http://ifframericas.org