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: Airliners.net

Like pictures of airliners? Us too. Airliners.net claims to be the biggest and most visited aviation interest site on the Internet. The site claims to host the largest aviation photo database on the web with unrivaled photo quality. There are over 1.2 million shots online with an average daily growth of 500 photos added per day. Our quality standards are extremely high and the over 12,000 photographers that contribute to our database are some of the best in the world. That'll take some time out of your day.

FMI: www.airliners.net