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: FAA Aviation System Standards - AJW-3

Providing services to ensure the standard development, evaluation, and certification of airspace systems, procedures, and equipment for customers worldwide. This office designs and develops instrument flight procedures (IFPs), publish aeronautical charts and digital products for air carrier and general aviation pilots for use throughout the United States and around the world, provide aircraft maintenance and engineering services, operate a fleet of flight inspection aircraft for airborne evaluation of electronic navigational signals and flight validation of ground-based and GPS performanced based IFPs.

FMI: http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/avn/