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: The Warbird Factory

This site is dedicated to 1/48 scale model plastic modelkits that are built, painted, weathered and photographed, obtaining some awesome results exactly simulating the real thing. Models are made to look as realistic as possible. The site's creators say that even the aviation pro will sometimes have to look twice to see if he or she is looking at a scale model or actually at the real aircraft.

FMI: www.tayoko.net/w/wbfhome.html