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January 21, 2015

Airborne 01.21.15: SpaceX Plans SatNet, Allegiant Pilot Strike, R66 Upgrades

Also: Spirit Of St. Louis 'Grounded', Classic Aero-TV, 200,000 Traps!, FAA Reg Hearing, EAA Airshow Roster, FAA Staffer Busted by TSA

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has a vision that everyone on the planet should have access to the internet, and he recently revealed some details of his previously-announced plan to the media. The system would involve hundreds of low-cost satellites in an orbit of about 750 miles above the Earth. For basis of comparison, most geosynchronous satellites fly at about 22,300 miles. Pilots at Allegiant Air, represented by the Airline Professionals Association, known as the APA, Teamsters Local 1224, voted overwhelmingly, to authorize a strike against Allegiant Air. Robinson Helicopter Company announces the Garmin G500H Avionics Display System and the Genesys

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Offutt Air Show Cancelled For 2015

Budget Reflects Other Priorities For The Air Base

There will be no "Defenders of Freedom" Air Show at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, NE in 2015. Instead, the base will be repairing its taxiways this summer.

Company Leveraging Its Defense Experience And Diversifying Its Airlift Operations

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence for Search & Rescue (SAR) and Support Helicopter services in the Falkland Islands has awarded a contract to the Airlift division of AAR to provide a combined SAR and Support Helicopter service to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) operations.

New Chinese Stealth Jet Has Very Familiar Design Elements

China has flatly denied charges that it stole design elements for its new stealth fighter from F-35 plans after a German magazine published leaked documents attributed to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that would indicate otherwise.

Will Replace C-2A Greyhound Aircraft

In a memo dated January 5, 2015, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus,Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford announced that the Navy is set to acquire four V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to replace the aging C-2A Greyhound aircraft that carry mail, cargo and passengers to aircraft carriers at sea.