February 11, 2019 - No. 012 In This Issue Magnetic MRO Partners With Saudi Maintenance Provider Allegiant Travel Company Donates More Than $400,000 Worth Of Aircraft Parts To Rancho High School's Aviation Magnet Program Boeing Forecasts Middle East Aviation Services Market at $745 Billion 8tree announces 8cloud - to streamline the reporting, storage and sharing of inspection content between airlines, MROs, OEMs and tool providers Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Partner on 'Black Box' Recorders Textron To Provide T-6C Aircraft Maintenance Support To Argentina DASSAULT AVIATION ACQUIRES EXECUJET'S MRO OPERATIONS FACC Has Entered into a Cooperation with the Distributor Proponent Britten-Norman to expand its civil aircraft manufacturing facilities SpaceX Dragon Crew Demo-1 Flight to Space Station: What to Expect Magnetic MRO Partners With Saudi Maintenance Provider DUBAI--Magnetic MRO has entered into an agreement with Saudi Arabian repair specialist First Premium for Support Services (FPSS) which will see both parties jointly establish wheel and tire, brake, oxygen refill, and battery shops in Jeddah. Estonia-headquartered Magnetic MRO says the memorandum of understanding signed at MRO Middle East on Monday (Feb.11) will help it break into the Saudi Arabian market, with the partnership targeting Saudi Arabia-based airline customers. In addition to the shops, Magnetic MRO and FPSS are also considering launching an engine stands hub in Saudi Arabia, which would be operated by the Baltic repair specialist's EngineStands24 subsidiary, which it established in 2016 to transport and store aerospace engine stands. Plans are also in place to create an EASA 147-compliant technical training school and EASA 145-compliant line and base maintenance facilities in Jeddah, a port city in the west of Saudi Arabia. No timeframe for the facility openings was given, but line maintenance services in Jeddah will begin from March, Magnetic MRO CEO Risto Mäeots told Aviation Week. Sheikh Ghassan Omar Attar, the CEO and owner of the Jeddah-based FPSS which was founded in 2014, added that the agreement with Magnetic MRO will boost its standing in the aircraft maintenance market of Saudia Arabia. As part of ongoing expansion plans, Magnetic MRO confirmed last week that it had raised €8 million ($9.1 million) from a bonds issue, which it plans to use to acquire one of its competitors in the next few months. https://www.mro-network.com/maintenance-repair-overhaul/magnetic-mro-partners-saudi-maintenance-provider Back to Top Allegiant Travel Company Donates More Than $400,000 Worth Of Aircraft Parts To Rancho High School's Aviation Magnet Program LAS VEGAS, Feb. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) donated aircraft parts valued at more than $400,000 to Rancho High School as part of the airline's continued support of the school's aviation magnet program. The Las Vegas-based airline donated 11 pallets holding thousands of pounds of aircraft parts, including landing gear, an engine thrust reverser, radar antennae and other hydraulic and avionics components. The items will be used by Rancho aviation and aircraft maintenance instructors to teach students real-world job skills. "Learning how to work with aircraft parts from a commercial airline will give students the kind of expertise that will make them competitive in the aviation industry, especially in the maintenance engineering field," said Allegiant Vice President of Maintenance Christian Toro. The aviation program at Rancho High School is the only one in the Clark County School District (CCSD) and one of only a few high school aviation programs in the United States. The program offers two dynamic and unique tracks for students interested in aviation and aerospace. Last year, Allegiant partnered with Rancho High School to promote and support youth who plan to study aviation as a career. Over the next 20 years, thousands of additional aircraft will take to the skies, creating a global demand for more aviation professionals, including maintenance technicians. "Our goal is to inspire kids to pursue careers as aircraft pilots, maintenance technicians, flight attendants and the dozens of other fields that support aviation," said Allegiant's Director of Corporate Communications, Hilarie Grey. "It makes sense that Las Vegas' hometown airline supports the hometown aviation high school." In addition to the parts donation, Allegiant is supporting students in Rancho's aviation magnet program by awarding in 2019 two $5,000 scholarships to seniors who pursue post-secondary education in an accredited aviation program. "Our students will benefit from the partnership we have established with Allegiant," said the school's principal James Kuzma. "These aircraft parts will give them experience they can easily transfer to the job market." "Las Vegas is a city of outstanding community partners and it's exciting to see Allegiant Air working with our students at Rancho High School in Ward 5," Councilman Cedric Crear said. "Rancho features a state-of the-art aviation lab teaching students the fundamentals of flight, space travel and rocketry, and the program can only grow with help from our community." The City of Las Vegas transportation department helped facilitate Allegiant's donation by delivering the parts from the airline's warehouse at McCarran International Airport to Rancho High School. "I want to thank Allegiant Air for its donation to the Rancho Aviation Magnet Program," said Councilman Steven G. Seroka, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former fighter pilot. "With this donation the young students at Rancho will be able to continue working toward a rewarding career in aviation. The coordination between our city departments and Allegiant for the transportation of these aircraft parts is a testament to the collaborative community we've built in the valley." Allegiant® Las Vegas-based Allegiant (NASDAQ: ALGT) is focused on linking travelers in small and mid-sized cities to world-class leisure destinations. The airline offers industry-low fares on an all-jet fleet while also offering other travel-related products such as hotel rooms and rental cars. All can be purchased only through the company website, Allegiant.com. Beginning with one aircraft and one route in 1999, the company has grown to more than 75 aircraft and approximately 400 routes across the country with base airfares less than half the cost of the average domestic roundtrip ticket. For downloadable press kit, including photos, visit: http://gofly.us/iiFa303wrtF. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/allegiant-travel-company-donates-more-than-400-000-worth-of-aircraft-parts-to-rancho-high-schools-aviation-magnet-program-300792509.html Back to Top Boeing Forecasts Middle East Aviation Services Market at $745 Billion DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] projects the Middle East will require $745 billion in aviation services through 2037 to keep pace with growing passenger and freight traffic in the region, according to a new report released today at MRO Middle East in Dubai. The high value services market is largely driven by the demand for nearly 3,000 new commercial airplanes in the Middle East over the next twenty years, more than tripling the existing fleet. The growing fleet requires aviation services, including supply chain support (parts and parts logistics), maintenance and engineering services, and aircraft modification. Boeing's Services Market Outlook (SMO) 2018-2037 - Middle East Perspective forecasts growing need for services that increase fleet productivity and reduce operating costs. Among the report's findings: • The Middle East will drive more than 8 percent of global demand for aviation services, representing $745 billion, and growing at a projected 4.6 percent annually. • Nearly 218,000 new personnel - 60,000 pilots, 63,000 technicians, and 95,000 cabin crew - will be needed in the Middle East over the next 20 years. "The Middle East is an unmatched location to connect the growing markets of Asia, Europe and Africa. This feeds the appetite in the region for new commercial airplanes and the services to operate and maintain those jets," Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of Commercial Sales & Marketing for The Boeing Company. Boeing has a unique advantage in providing aviation services as it can draw upon the expertise of its commercial airplanes and defense businesses to provide more value to customers. "Our Middle East customers gain tremendous value when we pair their operational knowledge with our OEM expertise, advanced technologies, and decision support tools to help maximize efficiency in their operations," said Debra Santos, Chief Marketing Officer, Commercial Services for Boeing Global Services. "This gives their passengers a positive flight experience that keeps them coming back." Boeing Global Services continues to outpace the aerospace services market growth rate of 3.5 percent as it broadens its portfolio of solutions to meet customer needs. Operating as one of Boeing's three business units, Global Services is headquartered in the Dallas area. For more information, visit www.boeing.com/services. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/boeing-forecasts-middle-east-aviation-services-market-at-745-billion-300792903.html Back to Top 8tree announces 8cloud - to streamline the reporting, storage and sharing of inspection content between airlines, MROs, OEMs and tool providers Konstanz, Germany & Rancho Cucamonga, California (PRWEB) February 10, 2019 Building on the growing success of dentCHECK, 8tree is rolling-out 8cloud - a secure, cloud-based platform that expedites the sharing of inspection content and reports between all stakeholders in the aviation maintenance industry. 8cloud empowers customers to enjoy effortless and secure exchange of damage data without the burden of managing IT systems, servers and backups or the need for ensuring data integrity and scaling storage demand. "We created 8cloud to address a chronic unmet need in how the aviation industry shares damage analyses amongst key stakeholders", said Erik Klaas, CTO, 8tree. "Over the past few years, airlines, MRO and OEMs have continued to rapidly embrace the inspection and reporting benefits delivered by 8tree's dentCHECK tool. However, they have been hamstrung - primarily due to corporate IT restrictions - in sharing damage content within and outside their organizations. 8cloud overcomes these IT barriers, by offering a secure, browser-based interface for reporting, storing and sharing content from 8tree or other 3rd party inspection tools. Organizations can now avail of all the benefits that 8cloud delivers without worrying about the significant IT overhead to develop such capability in-house." "Furthermore, we continue to anticipate customer's needs for seamless information exchange across their various systems. With this in mind, we are integrating 8cloud into a variety of well-known maintenance tracking software platforms - beginning with dent & buckle - so that customers can effortlessly correlate a damage spot on an aircraft wireframe diagram to a detailed 3D report of that damage. Currently, an 8cloud interface has been implemented from within the dent & buckle software environment. 8tree plans to develop similar 8cloud integration interfaces to other popular maintenance software systems, at no additional cost to end-users", Klaas said. "In these times of digitization, the need for dent & buckle has proven itself, it bridges the live situations in the field and the digital data world. As an aircraft structures engineer, I clearly see benefits of integrating dent & buckle with dentCHECK" said Kristinn Palsson, CEO, dent & buckle. "All relevant data concerning damages and repairs is stored in one place and tracked from the initial discovery, which is now standardized with dentCHECK - dent & buckle adds value to with its 3D interface and keeps on tracking through the repair stages to the end of the service life of the aircraft. The data that has until now mostly been recorded on paper we can now use for fleetwide analysis, redelivery or audits and learn much more about the operation of the fleet." 8cloud is designed to handle data from any inspection tool, but the original idea for 8cloud was developed in response to growing demand for 8tree's dentCHECK inspection tool, and facilitating easy sharing of resulting data. dentCHECK is the world's only handheld-portable, completely wireless 3D surface inspection tool with integrated AR that is purpose-built for the aviation maintenance industry. It is now used by the world's leading commercial, cargo and defense MROs, including easyJet, Delta TechOps, TAP-M&E, Aeromexico, Airbus' Flightline, DHL-Express and Zeppelin. Delivering real-time 'go/no-go' answers at the push of a single-button, the tool delivers up to 90% reduction in damage-mapping and reporting times, compared to traditional manual methods that use depth-gauges and straight-edges. This shortens aircraft Turn-around-Time (TaT), which further reduces lost revenues and very directly improves operational efficiency for airlines. dentCHECK enhances safety through an improved understanding of airframe reliability. dentCHECK has been recognized by multiple aircraft OEMs. It is approved and published in Airbus' Tool Equipment Manuals (TEMs) for dent-mapping on metallic aero-structures and composite cabin floor-boards on all Airbus aircraft. In addition, the criteria outlined in Boeing's Service Letter, applicable to all Boeing commercial aircraft, recognizes dentCHECK's performance and the rigor of 8tree's measurement validation process. Similar recognition of dentCHECK performance can be found in the Q400/Dash-8 NDTM from Bombardier. To see 8cloud and dentCHECK in action, visit us at booth # 1355 at MRO Middle East, in Dubai, Feb 11-12, 2019 or always at http://www.8-tree.com. About 8tree 8tree makes 3D optical surface inspection tools that solve chronic problems for multiple industries. 8tree's products empower every operator - from mechanics on the floor, to engineers in the lab - with precision measurement, portability and performance. With its patented user-centric product design, instant 'go/no-go' answers and zero-learning curve, 8tree is committed to making precision 3D scanning more broadly accessible - technically and commercially. About dent & buckle Dent & buckle provides airline operators with the means to streamline and reduce the cost of recording damages and repairs on their aircraft fleet. It is an easy to use software tool for tracking damages from the first discovery through all the repair stages and subsequently, tracking of the repair. The system is not airliner dependent and mixed fleets can easily be controlled with it. https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/19/02/p13134905/8tree-announces-8cloud-to-streamline-the-reporting-storage-and-sharing Back to Top Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Partner on 'Black Box' Recorders Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright Corp. have partnered to develop a new generation of cockpit voice and flight-data recorders (CVR/FDR) that comply with an upcoming 25-hour CVR mandate and allow in-flight access to data. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has mandated that aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 27,000 kg (59,524 lbs.) and manufactured after Jan. 1, 2021 be fitted with CVRs having a minimum recording duration of 25 hrs. In the U.S., the National Transportation Safety Board also has recommended the FAA mandate 25-hour CVRs. The new Honeywell Connected Recorder-25 (HCR-25) CVR and FDR will exceed EASA requirements, Honeywell said Feb. 7. Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright will jointly develop new CVR/FDR hardware, and Honeywell will upgrade software and provide server storage capability to support "black box in the sky" streaming of in-flight data. Based on Curtiss-Wright's recently certified Fortress 25-hour recorder, new HCR-25 recorders are designed as form-fit replacements for the Honeywell HFR-5 series CVR/FDRs, saving on installation time and cost. Honeywell plans to offer the new product as a standalone CVR, a standalone FDR or a combined CVR/FDR. Curtiss-Wright will be the exclusive supplier of Honeywell's new recorders for the air transport and business aviation markets. "With the new regulatory requirement, we saw an opportunity to evolve our recorder technology to not only meet the conditions of governing agencies, but also make this product more powerful and better connected, providing aircraft operators with another source of data collection that can be used to improve aircraft maintenance and performance," said Ben Driggs, Honeywell Aerospace president, services and connectivity. https://www.mro-network.com/manufacturing-distribution/honeywell-curtiss-wright-partner-black-box-recorders Back to Top Textron To Provide T-6C Aircraft Maintenance Support To Argentina The United States Air Force (USAF) has awarded a $10 million modification contract to Textron Aviation to supply 12 T-6C aircraft maintenance and training support to Argentina. The contract includes maintenance, pilot training, and interim contractor support for maintenance. Contractor will provide supplies and services to provide for the replacement of current training aircraft fleet and the enhancement of the Argentina air force surveillance and border security mission, The US Department of defense said in a statement Friday. Argentina had purchased 12 Beechraft Texan aircraft to replace Embraer EMB-312 Tucano to train its military pilots in 2017. Work is expected to be completed by June 30, 2021. http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24234/Textron_To_Provide_T_6C_Aircraft_Maintenance_ Support_to_Argentina#.XGFRd-HYrnE Back to Top DASSAULT AVIATION ACQUIRES EXECUJET'S MRO OPERATIONS On January 21st 2019, Dassault Aviation signed a binding agreement with Luxaviation to acquire ExecuJet's worldwide maintenance activities (MRO operations). Luxaviation bought ExecuJet in 2015. The integration process will be phased in 2019, after administrative authorisations have been obtained. "The acquisition of ExecuJet's MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul) operations will strengthen Dassault Aviation's global footprint, especially in Asia-Pacific, Oceania, Middle-East and Africa. With ExecuJet, we will continue the development of our high-quality customer support network, while growing our Falcon market share," said Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation. The acquisition takes Dassault Falcon Services' total facilities from five to 20. These are expected to continue to support aircraft from other manufacturers as well as those of Dassault. https://www.altitudesmagazine.com/news/dassault-aviation-acquires-execujets-mro-operations/ Back to Top FACC Has Entered into a Cooperation with the Distributor Proponent FACC, the Austrian technology partner of the global aerospace industry for high-tech lightweight components and systems, is ramping up its activities in its newest business segment, Aftermarket Services. The aim is to reach the sales target of 100 million euros by fiscal year 2022/23 with new innovative products and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. In order to secure a powerful organization in the growing market, FACC is now entering into a strategic cooperation with the aircraft parts distributor Proponent. "We look forward to our future cooperation with Proponent. I firmly believe that, together, we will be able to market FACC products and services in the aftermarket segment even more successfully and serve as a reliable partner to aircraft operators worldwide," commented Robert Machtlinger, CEO of FACC. As part of the strategic cooperation, Proponent will assist FACC in marketing and selling its MRO services and product innovations for aircraft upgrades and modifications from February 2019. A number of joint projects such as the commercialization of the "Passenger Luggage Space Upgrade", a cabin solution developed by FACC to significantly increase luggage stowage space, are already underway. Thanks to Proponent's broad market presence, FACC will be able to fully realize its goal of significantly expanding its existing customer base in the MRO segment. Cooperation generates real added value In addition to the cooperation entered into with Alaris Aerospace Systems in the previous year, FACC is now strengthening its marketing activities in the growing MRO market with the second global distributor Proponent. With eleven facilities in eight countries, the US corporate group Proponent is one of the world's largest wholesalers of aircraft spare parts and related services. As an internationally recognized distributor, Proponent has a strong international presence in Europe, America and Asia, with its customer base including all major aerospace companies - from manufacturers and MRO companies to airlines. "With FACC, airlines benefit from the manufacturer's high quality, the shortest ground times and competitive prices," adds Christian Mundigler, FACC Vice President After Market Services. "Our partner Proponent gives us the opportunity to offer customers complex technical services in our growing Aftermarket Services business segment from a single provider - with proven quality when it comes to providing innovative solutions in an attractive working environment with short turnaround times." With their combined expertise and resources, Proponent and FACC will also be offering their services in the "heavy repairs" segment focusing on structural component repairs. While Proponent will provide replacement parts for the duration of the structural repair, FACC will contribute its composite expertise to the repair service. One-stop-composite-shop with turnkey expertise FACC has built its Aftermarket Services business segment around three pillars: repair, refurbish and replace. The new Aftermarket Services support the three existing divisions - Aerostructures, Engines & Nacelles and Cabin Interiors - with enhanced solutions. With its expertise as a turnkey partner and its powerful infrastructure in America, Asia and Europe, FACC has created an excellent starting position in the fast-growing market alongside its core business, the development and manufacture of lightweight components for the global aircraft industry. With its three approvals as a Design Organization (DOA), Production Organization (POA) and Maintenance Organization (MOA), FACC has established the ideal basis for being successful in this business segment. In the field of MOA in particular, FACC offers an optimum range of maintenance and repair services for both structures/engines and interiors with EASA, TCCA and FAA Part-145 approvals. With its comprehensive range of products and services, FACC ensures that aircraft get back in the air more quickly and at lower cost - entirely in line with the claim: "The future requires performance. We guarantee it." About Proponent Proponent is the world's largest independent distributor of commercial aircraft parts, serving the MRO, OEM and airline markets. With over 600 employees at 11 facilities worldwide, we think and operate on the global scale of aerospace. With over 45 years of experience, we work to simplify aftermarket needs with fast, reliable delivery of critical parts, and custom solutions to improve overall efficiency. Proponent isn't just a name, it's our mission statement. We are committed to contributing to the success of our customers and suppliers. We work to address your unique business challenges and goals with unmatched agility and industry-leading customer service. From the boardroom to the warehouse, we delight in taking care of the details that keep planes in the air. To learn more, visit www.proponent.com. https://www.aviationpros.com/engines-components/aircraft-airframe-accessories/press-release/21067889/facc-ag-facc-has-entered-into-a-cooperation-with-the-distributor-proponent Back to Top Britten-Norman to expand its civil aircraft manufacturing facilities Aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has announced plans to expand its civil aircraft manufacturing and maintenance facilities at Solent Airport, Daedalus on the UK's south coast. The company has signed a lease for two new purpose-built hangars that form part of Fareham Borough Council's newly established aviation park. The new hangars will provide the company with modern, airside accommodation to further grow its business as part of its commitment to UK exports. Specifically, the additional 13,000ft2 will provide a new aircraft final assembly plant for the group's manufacturing subsidiary, Britten-Norman Aircraft, as well as providing a dedicated space for Britten-Norman's aerospace services business, BN Aviation. From this site, BN Aviation will provide OEM aircraft refurbishment, EASA Part 145 MRO services, international field servicing and specialist avionics and mission systems integration. As a Garmin approved dealer, BN Aviation will also provide services to the wider General Aviation community. The expansion will allow the group's military support business, BN Defence, to use its existing facilities at Daedalus to expand output to meet increased demand in the military MRO sector. Britten-Norman chief executive, William Hynett, said: "Our commitment to Daedalus started when we moved our airfield operations here in 2010. Our military operations centre, BN Defence, has created over 60 jobs on the site and we now intend to utilise the airfield as our primary aircraft operating base for our UK civil operations as well, creating or safeguarding another 50 jobs. To date we have invested over £20 million into the local community and now look forward to increasing that investment further." A founding member of the Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Britten-Norman has occupied various parts of the airfield since it emerged out of restricted Government ownership eight years ago. It now occupies three hangars with a total footprint of 34,000ft2. https://www.aero-mag.com/britten-norman-to-expand-its-civil-aircraft-manufacturing-facilities/ Back to Top SpaceX Dragon Crew Demo-1 Flight to Space Station: What to Expect SpaceX is gearing up for a big human-spaceflight milestone. Elon Musk's company aims to fly the first demonstration mission of its Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 2. This flight, known as Demo-1, will be uncrewed. But if all goes well, Crew Dragon will likely carry astronauts to and from the orbiting lab for the first time this summer. Here's what you need to know about Crew Dragon, Demo-1 and the short-term future of human spaceflight. What is Crew Dragon? SpaceX has been developing Crew Dragon under a multibillion-dollar commercial crew contract with NASA. The agency signed a similar deal with Boeing, which is working on a capsule called the CST-100 Starliner. The goal is to return orbital human spaceflight to U.S. soil. American astronauts have been dependent on Russian Soyuz rockets and spacecraft to get to and from the ISS since July 2011, when NASA retired its space shuttle fleet. A lot of money has flowed from NASA to its Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, as a result; seats aboard the three-person Soyuz spacecraft currently sell for around $80 million apiece. Crew Dragon will launch atop SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, a two-stage vehicle that features a reusable first stage. Starliner, which is scheduled to make its uncrewed maiden flight to the ISS sometime in April, will be lofted by United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, which are not reusable. How's it different from Cargo Dragon Crew Dragon is a modified, upgraded version of SpaceX's robotic Dragon cargo capsule, which has been flying uncrewed resupply missions to the ISS under a different NASA contract since 2012. Crew Dragon has many astronaut-related features its robotic cousin lacks - for example, seats (seven of them), windows, fancy touch-screen displays, a life-support system and an escape system. The escape system, which is designed to get Crew Dragon out of harm's way in case of a launch emergency, consists of eight SpaceX SuperDraco engines built into the capsule's body. There are other important differences between the two vehicles as well. For instance, Dragon has traditional deployable solar arrays, but Crew Dragon's solar panels cover the spacecraft's trunk and require no action to activate. Both Dragon variants are designed to be reusable, and SpaceX has already reflown several of the cargo craft on ISS missions. But each individual Crew Dragon will not fly multiple ISS missions for NASA, at least not initially, SpaceX representatives have said. What will Demo-1 do? Demo-1 will launch from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX is targeting March 2 for the liftoff, though that date is far from set in stone. The mission is designed to test almost all of Crew Dragon's critical equipment, from its automated approach and docking gear to its life-support and re-entry systems. SpaceX personnel will monitor these systems' performance carefully for the duration of the roughly 2-week-long mission, which will end with a parachute-aided splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. But a successful return to Earth won't announce Crew Dragon's readiness to carry crew. SpaceX will also conduct an uncrewed "in-flight abort" test with the capsule in June, to make sure the escape system is working properly. If everything goes well with both of those flights, Demo-2 will be cleared for liftoff. That mission, which could launch as early as July, will take NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the ISS for about a weeklong stay. Operational crew missions to the orbiting lab for NASA would follow the successful completion of Demo-2. Prelude to Starship? If SpaceX's vision holds, Crew Dragon won't fly for too long - and neither will cargo Dragon or the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. SpaceX is building a new do-it-all spaceflight system, which consists of a 100-passenger spaceship called Starship and a giant rocket called Super Heavy. The reusable duo will carry people to and from Mars, the moon and other distant destinations, Musk has said, and do whatever else SpaceX needs it to, from launching satellites to cleaning up space junk. Starship and Super Heavy will also do some work closer to Earth's surface, ferrying people on superfast point-to-point trips around the globe. https://www.space.com/43231-spacex-demo-1-flight-iss-explainer.html Curt Lewis