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: South Dakota Air And Space Museum

In addition to a number of other exhibits, the South Dakota Air and Space Museum currently features 25 aircraft ranging from World War Two bomber and transport aircraft to the contemporary B-1B Lancer. Four different missiles, including a Minuteman II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, a Missile Procedures Trainer Exhibit, an F-106 interactive aircraft cockpit, a B-1B Cockpit and Offensive/Defensive System Operators Simulator, and The South Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame round out the collection. The museum is located at Ellsworth Air Force base. Admission is free, and during the summer months, visitors can take a base bus tour for a nominal fee.  This includes touring a Minuteman missile Training Launch Facility as well as seeing a number of sites on the base. 

FMI: www.ellsworth.af.mil/museum.asp