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: FAI International Skydiving Commission (ISC)

The objectives of the ISC Technical and Safety Committee are:

• To co-ordinate FAI Member countries’ activities to further the development of the technical and safety aspects of parachuting throughout the world.
• To promote international standards and medical requirements for sport parachuting.
• To assemble, analyse and disseminate such information and statistics on parachuting activities in the FAI Member’s countries as can contribute to the improvement of equipment, training methods and to parachuting safety.
• To provide a forum for the exchange of information and discussion of mutual parachuting safety problems.

FMI: https://www.fai.org/page/technical-safety-committee