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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: Russian 5th Generation Fighter First Flight

The website is in Russian, and there does not appear to be an English version readily evident. But the video controls work the same, and the video is of the first flight of the Russian Sukhoi PAKFA aircraft tentatively desgnated the T-50, according to the New York Times. The flight reportedly lasted about 47 minutes.

FMI: http://lenta.ru/articles/2010/01/29/pakfa/