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: Susquehanna Flight Park

Hang Gliding...the purest form of flight. Throughout the centuries man has dreamt of personal flight, to set oneself free and soar silently with the birds. The first successful attempts at flight were made by hang glider pilots: Otto Lilienthal, Octave Chanute, and, yes, the Wright Brothers. It is not commonly known that one of the main reasons for the success of the Wrights was that they had perfected their flying skills in "hang gliders". But the sport of hang gliding has come a long way since then and since its rebirth in the early '70's. Hang gliding has matured to a sport, readily available to those who wish to fly. Hang gliders of today are highly sophisticated soaring machines. Pilots fly with instruments, radios, even oxygen and rocket deployed emergency parachutes. Cross country flights of 100 or more miles are common.

FMI: www.susquehanna-hanggliding.moonfruit.com/