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: PEGASAS Inspires a River of Research

PEGASAS is an acronym for the FAA's Center of Excellence (COE) Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability.

PEGASAS has launched 30 research projects that support the FAA in ways that, as its name implies, enhance general aviation safety, accessibility, and sustainability. Specific topic areas include Airport Technology, Airport Safety, Airport Research and Development, Airport Pavements, Software and Systems, Human Factors, Weather Technology in the Cockpit, and Structures and Propulsion. Eighteen of the 30 projects are still active, and two new projects with the FAA’s Flight Deck Human Factors Research Lab at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) launched at the beginning of 2016. PEGASAS also works with the General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) as a participant in several of its teams for safety and issue analysis.

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