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: NASA's The Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project

The Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) Project explores and documents the feasibility, benefits and technical risk of vehicle concepts and enabling technologies to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment.

The project is organized to:

• Mature promising technology and advanced aircraft configurations that meet mid-term goals — in the next five to 10 years — for community noise, fuel burn and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions as described in the National Aeronautics Research and Development Plan.
• Determine the potential impact of these advanced aircraft designs and technologies if successfully implemented into the air transportation system.

FMI: www.aeronautics.nasa.gov/isrp/era/