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: International Scientific and Technical Soaring Organisation

The new constitution of OSTIV concentrated merely to the objectives ‚to encourage and coordinate internationally the science and technology of soaring and the development and use of the sailplane in pure and applied research‘. After years of discussion OSTIV finally found its place as an International Associate Member of FAI (Resolution of the FAI General Conference at Rome, 4 October 1977); each party having the right of representation - with voting right - in the General Conferences of the other party. Furthermore, OSTIV has the right to delegate observers to the meetings of the International Gliding Commission (IGC) and vice versa and to delegate observers to the Sailplane Development-, Meteorological- and Training and Safety Panel-Meetings of OSTIV.

FMI: https://ostiv.org/sections/technical-section/training-and-safety-panel.html