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Archive-name: auto/rec.aviation/rec-aviation-gets-a-gopher-all-to-itself

Well, I decided that having the Aviation gopher as part of our
department's gopher was a little too confusing.  So I just moved
it over to my workstation and added an "alias" to our name space
to separate the name from the machine.

The new and improved rec.aviation gopher server is now available
on "av.eecs.nwu.edu" (whose Internet address is currently 129.105.5.6,
but is subject to change without notice).  It will archive the following:

	There I Was stories
	the fuel prices summary
	the FAQ
	a listing of aviation-related FTP sites
	flight planning sheets (postscript and otherwise)
	rec.aviation reorg information (for as long as it is pertinent)
	anything else I find interesting

It also contains a link to the "Current Weather" portion of our
department's gopher server.  This section contains GIF files of
the most recent (well, 2 to 3 hours old) satellite picture and
weather map from UIUC.  You will need a gopher client that understands
the non-standard GIF type ("g") to retrieve these files.  Currently
the only one I know of is a modified "xgopher" version 1.1.

For those who don't know:  gopher is a new way of perusing information
on the Internet.  To access information provided by gopher servers, you
need to have Internet access and you need a gopher client.  All the
current sources for gopher clients and servers are available via
anonymous FTP from boombox.micro.umn.edu in "/pub/gopher".  The
GIF-capable xgopher is in "/pub/gopher/incoming/xgopher.1.1.GIF.tar.Z"

		William LeFebvre
		Computing Facilities Manager and Analyst
		Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
		Northwestern University
		<phil@eecs.nwu.edu>