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: Odd Luftwaffe Planes That Flew

The Luftwaffe had excellent airplane designers. Unlike some other areas of the Hitler regime, these innovators were given absolute latitude to do pretty much whatever they wanted. As long as the design promised to be effective it stood at least a chance of being approved. While it is easy to point to some failures and conclude that this was a mistake, in fact several excellent and even revolutionary designs flew before the end of the war.

There were many crazy (and some awesome and far-sighted) designs that remained only on paper. Here is a look at odd German planes that actually flew.

FMI: worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2016/04/odd-luftwaffe-planes-that-flew.html