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: RunwayFinder Blog

RunwayFinder, until recently, was the home of a very nice little online planning utility available for free to pilots everywhere. NOW, its on the front lines in a patent fight between FlightPrep (who holds a patent that they claim RF and a WHOLE SLEW of other online flight planning sites may be violating). RunwayFinder shut down a few days ago due to the lawsuit they had filed against them by FlightPrep... but a blog authored by RunwayFinder's Dave Parsons indicates that while the site is shut down, the fight is on... keep an eye on this site... because it seems to be at the epicenter of an interesting fight that may have far-reaching consequences for the online GA world.

FMI: http://blog.runwayfinder.com