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: History Of The Aircraft Carrier

The F-35C the newest airplane intended to be flown off of, and landed back safely onto, a boat (how unlikely does that really sound, on the face of it) is being tested to be sure it can withstand the beating it will take in those operations. It seemed like a good time to go back and look at the history of those "boats", floating airports that have been the core of the Navy's ability to project power almost since the first one was christened.

FMI: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/carriers.asp