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: TCAS Explainer

The NTSB is on its way to San Francisco to look into an incident in which a very big 777 and a vey small 11AC Champ nearly collided. One of the ways the 777 crew was alerted to the situation was through TCAS, the airplane's Traffic Collision Avoidance System. Here's how it works

FMI: http://adsb.tc.faa.gov/TCAS.htm