Also: Avidyne MLB100, UAV Market Update, NJ NIMBYs Strike Again, Stolen ABQ Balloon Follow-Up

Embraer broke ground last Thursday on its Legacy 500 and Legacy 450 assembly complex in Melbourne, Florida. At the ceremony, which included Florida Governor Rick Scott, and Brevard County and city officials, the Company celebrated this significant addition to its existing 212,000 square-foot campus at Melbourne International Airport.

NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars. Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the agency's Orion spacecraft launches December 4th on its first flight, designated Exploration Flight Test-1. The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force questioning the scrapping of 16 apparently airworthy G.222 aircraft by an Afghan construction company for six cents per pound… that’s about $32,000 for all 16 planes. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!

Airborne 10.13.14 is chock full of info in this news period ending Monday, October 13th, 2014...

Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, 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:

• Embraer Breaks Ground On Legacy 500/450 U.S. Assembly Facility
• Send Your Name On NASA's Journey To Mars
• Questions Raised About Scrapped Airplanes In Afghanistan
• AVW: Flying the Typhoon Through the Mach Loop at Low Level 
• Avidyne Introduces MLB100 978 MHz ADS-B Datalink Receiver
• UAV Market Worth $10.5 Billion by 2020
• NIMBY Overload: New Jersey Senate Committee Passes Helicopter Ban Resolution
• Woman Whose Balloon Was Stolen In Albuquerque Flies In Father's Honor

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