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: National Test Pilot School

We've seen several stories this week about test flights for a number of different kinds of aircraft, from military cargo jets to a "Flying Car." So what does it take to become one of those people who has the fun of flying an airplane for the first time? Those questions can be answered in today's Aero-Linx… the National Test Pilot School (where ANN Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell undertook some extensive training)… whose primary objective is to educate and train to the highest-level Test Pilots and Flight Test Engineers. Take our word for it, these folks DO have the right stuff...

FMI: www.ntps.edu