Also: NO Cellos, Aero-Calendar, Super Bowl 50 Procedures, ForeFlight, Textron Aviation, Challenger STC, Terror Costs

Last Friday, a helicopter pilot in Tanzania was struck by ground fire. He managed to safely land the helicopter, but succumbed to his wounds.

Three suspected elephant poachers have been arrested in connection with the shooting of the British pilot. The pilot, Roger Gower, was helping Tanzanian authorities track the poachers when they fired on the aircraft. He landed the helicopter in the Maswa Game Reserve, near Serengeti National Park. Four U.S. Senators on the Senate Appropriations Committee have written a letter to the House Transportation Committee that is set to begin consideration of an FAA reauthorization bill, which many think will include a plan to strip Air Traffic Control from the FAA. The Senators, Thad Cochran, Barbara Mikulski, Susan Collins, and Jack Reed say in the letter that they strongly disagree with the suggestion that ATC should be stripped from the FAA and put in the hands of a private entity, according to a report from Politico. The Pentagon has announced that Boeing has been granted a contract to build a new fleet of Air Force One airplanes based on its new 747-8 platform. The announcement came in the Pentagon's daily digest of military contract awards. All this -- and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 02.02.16 is chock full of info in this Daily News Episode, Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Brianne Cross, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Earl Downs, this episode covers:

• Three Arrested In Tanzania For Murder Of Helicopter Pilot
• Opposition Builds To FAA Privatization
• Boeing Gets Air Force One Contract
• Cellist Claims Airline Forced Him To Leave Instrument Behind
• Aero-Calendar
• FAA Releases Super Bowl 50 Procedures 
• ForeFlight Clears Users To Upgrade To iOS 9.2.1 
• Textron Aviation Expands Certification Of U.S. Company-Owned Service Centers
• FAA Grants STC For Integrated Challenger 601 3A/3R CPDLC/FANS 1/A+ Solution
• Terror Attacks Hit Flybe, Easyjet Revenues

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