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These super-quality calendars are printed on premium heavy stock by the same pro lab that prints my renowned Fine Art Photo Metal Prints & Pilot Achievement Plaques.
Each 11″x17″ calendar cover and 8.5″x11″ monthly photo is suitable for framing, and there’s plenty of calendar space for daily notes.
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Happy New Year!
Greg
Check out Greg’s new 2022 “Airport Magic, from the Flying Carpet” Photo Wall Calendar!
This colorful 11″x17″ calendar captures the magic of flight, but you and your gift recipients needn’t be aviators to appreciate it!
It features thirteen captivating photographs of diverse North American airports I’ve visited by Flying Carpet, at all times of year.
Few of us view calendar covers after opening, so I rotated the cover photo 90 degrees to create an 11″x17″ vista suitable for framing. (Monthly photos are 8½” x 11″, with plenty of space for daily notes.)
These super-quality calendars are printed on premium stock by the same lab that prints my Fine Art Photo Metal Prints.
You are hereby officially authorized to remove and frame the cover photo, (and any others for that matter) either to remind you of past flying adventures, or to inspire future ones!
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$29.95 + shipping & applicable tax.
Greg
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Hey Friends, thanks to your enthusiastic reception, here’s “Miles and Miles of Sunflowers,” my latest “View from the Flying Carpet” Fine Art Metal Print!
I was returning my wife Jean and her tennis teammate Jenny from a tournament in El Paso. Five long hours round trip by Flying Carpet, and it was too hazy to see anything special… until 15 minutes from home.
There we encountered these vivid, horizon-to-horizon sunflowers sweeping from Lake Mary toward the San Francisco Peaks. Never have we seen anything like this before! This turns out to be Northern Arizona’s most amazing wildflower year in memory, and we’re thrilled to have captured even a tiny fragment of it from aloft.
Nowhere is the power of numbers more boldly reflected than in these fields of sunflowers captured from a speeding airplane thousands of feet in the air!
Like all my Fine Art Metal Prints, “Miles and Miles of Sunflowers,” ready-to-hang pricing starts at just $125, with super-affordable 2-day shipping throughout the Continental US.
Check out all my Views from the Flying Carpet aerials* and Down to Earth terrestrial photos!* (*These pages take a moment to load.)
Many thanks to all who invest in my prints, books, and pilot achievement plaques!
Greg
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I flew my wife and her teammate to El Paso and back over the weekend to compete in tennis sectionals. Two grueling 5-hour round trips, and too hazy to see much of anything in either case, until…
Just 15 minutes from home, I encountered horizon-to-horizon gold! All that yellow is wildflowers, most if not all, sunflowers!
Talk about the power of numbers! Imagine how many plants it takes to carpet so many square miles, vividly viewed from a speeding airplane several thousand feet in the air!
If anyone’s interested in having one of these as a Fine Art Metal Print, please drop me a message. (See my current Views from the Flying Carpet and Down to Earth Fine Art Metal Prints.)
Greg
Top photo: Sunflowers stretch from south of Lake Mary toward the San Francisco Peaks. Below: Miles of wildflowers span northeast to northwest viewed from over Mormon Lake. (Click images to enlarge.)
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Introducing, “Sunset Landing,” (above) one of several exciting new “Views from the Flying Carpet” Fine Art Metal Prints!
Night photography from an airplane is tough, so most attempts I must pitch. That makes Sunset Landing so special that I invested extra care and multiple proofs to get the sky-ground balance just right. Tell me what you think!
I’ve also added the following new Fine Art Metal Prints, and more.
Check out all my Views from the Flying Carpet and Down to Earth photo prints, which are now easier to peruse. (Also available in Pilot Achievement Plaques.)
Fine Art Metal Print pricing starts ready-to-hang at just $125, plus 2-day shipping to the Continental US for only $20-$30 up to the largest sizes.
Many thanks to all who have invested in my prints, books, and pilot achievement plaques over the years!
Greg
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Hey Friends, check out “Sedona Awakes,” my latest “View from the Flying Carpet” Fine Art Metal Print!
Clouds low enough to top by light airplane are relatively rare in Northern Arizona, so encountering Sedona’s sun-sparkled rock formations “peaking” through this veil of stratus one recent early-morning flight was quite a treat.
Like all my Fine Art Metal Prints, “Sedona Awakes,” pricing starts ready-to-hang at just $125, with 2-day shipping to the Continental US only $20-$30 up to the largest sizes. (Also available in Pilot Achievement Plaques.)
Oh, and please visit my newly revamped Views from the Flying Carpet aerials and Down to Earth terrestrial photo collections, which are now much easier to peruse.
Many thanks to all who have invested in my prints, books, and pilot achievement plaques over the years!
Greg
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Ride along with renowned aviator, writer, and photographer Greg Brown in his light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as he searches behind clouds for the real America, experiencing countless aerial adventures along the way.
Most pilots are familiar with EAA’s annual AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh Wisconsin, the largest pilot gathering in the world. But what compels enthusiasts to travel vast distances to attend this event?
Sure, AirVenture offers airshows and seminars and exotic aircraft, and all the latest airplanes and gadgets any aviator could wish for. But would it be the same attraction if we could just walk across town and enter through the gate? I think not.
Oshkosh is about the journey to get there as much as it is about the fly-in itself. And not just the physical journey, but the emotional one…
So hop in the Flying Carpet with me, and we’ll go check it out!
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Greg
Podcast music by Hannis Brown.
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A former National Flight Instructor of the Year, Greg is author of five books, a former Barnes & Noble Arizona Author of the Month, and recently completed twenty years as aviation adventure columnist for AOPA’s Flight Training magazine. Some reviewers have compared his book, “Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane,” to sixties road-trip classics like “On the Road,” and “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”
“Greg thinks with the mind of a pilot, questions with the curiosity of a philosopher, and sees with the eyes of a poet.” — Rod Machado, aviation author and humorist
“You don’t have to be a pilot, or even a frequent flyer, to soar with Greg Brown in [his] Flying Carpet.” — Nina Bell Allen, former Assistant Managing Editor, Readers Digest
So buckle in and join Greg for the ride!
Make a one-time donation, or better yet, subscribe your ongoing support. Thank you! Greg
If you enjoyed this story, you’ll love Greg’s book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane. Autographed copies available!
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Ride along with renowned aviator, writer, and photographer Greg Brown in his light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as he searches behind clouds for the real America, experiencing countless aerial adventures along the way.
Ever wonder what it would be like, flying yourself into a country where pilot communications are transmitted in a foreign language? Well, here’s your opportunity to find out!
This episode commemorates fifty years of a treasured friendship, arising under unusual circumstances from a long-ago foreign adventure, and continued over the years by Flying Carpet. I hope you’ll find it as memorable as Jean and I do!
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Greg
See associated photos below!
Podcast music by Hannis Brown.
PS: Find all Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast episodes here!
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A former National Flight Instructor of the Year, Greg is author of five books, a former Barnes & Noble Arizona Author of the Month, and recently completed twenty years as aviation adventure columnist for AOPA’s Flight Training magazine. Some reviewers have compared his book, “Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane,” to sixties road-trip classics like “On the Road,” and “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”
“Greg thinks with the mind of a pilot, questions with the curiosity of a philosopher, and sees with the eyes of a poet.” — Rod Machado, aviation author and humorist
“You don’t have to be a pilot, or even a frequent flyer, to soar with Greg Brown in [his] Flying Carpet.” — Nina Bell Allen, former Assistant Managing Editor, Readers Digest
So buckle in and join Greg for the ride!
Make a one-time donation, or better yet, subscribe your ongoing support. Thank you! Greg
If you enjoyed this story, you’ll love Greg’s book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane. Autographed copies available!
Follow Greg on Social Media!
Ride along with renowned aviator, writer, and photographer Greg Brown in his light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as he searches behind clouds for the real America, experiencing countless aerial adventures along the way.
“The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul,” ⸺Sir Walter Raleigh, The War in the Air, 1922
Ever wonder what it was like to fly primitive airplanes into battle in World War I? Well here’s your opportunity to find out!
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Greg
See associated photos below, all taken at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome!
Read The War in the Air Vol. 1 online.
Podcast music by Hannis Brown.
PS: Find all Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast episodes here!
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A former National Flight Instructor of the Year, Greg is author of five books, a former Barnes & Noble Arizona Author of the Month, and recently completed twenty years as aviation adventure columnist for AOPA’s Flight Training magazine. Some reviewers have compared his book, “Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane,” to sixties road-trip classics like “On the Road,” and “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”
“Greg thinks with the mind of a pilot, questions with the curiosity of a philosopher, and sees with the eyes of a poet.” — Rod Machado, aviation author and humorist
“You don’t have to be a pilot, or even a frequent flyer, to soar with Greg Brown in [his] Flying Carpet.” — Nina Bell Allen, former Assistant Managing Editor, Readers Digest
So buckle in and join Greg for the ride!
Make a one-time donation, or better yet, subscribe your ongoing support. Thank you! Greg
If you enjoyed this story, you’ll love Greg’s book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane. Autographed copies available!
Follow Greg on Social Media!
Ride along with renowned aviator, writer, and photographer Greg Brown in his light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as he searches behind clouds for the real America, experiencing countless aerial adventures along the way.
When celebrating birthdays with zeros in them, flowers alone won’t do it. So when my wife Jean marked a new decade I sought somewhere special we could fly to celebrate.
“But it seems kinda weird celebrating a big birthday in Death Valley,” she said…
If you enjoy this podcast, please share with friends!
Greg
See associated photos below!
Podcast music by Hannis Brown.
PS: Find all Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast episodes here!
Subscribe here to be notified of Greg’s latest posts and podcasts!
Listen and subscribe via your favorite podcast directory:
Click gallery photos to view at full size.
A former National Flight Instructor of the Year, Greg is author of five books, a former Barnes & Noble Arizona Author of the Month, and recently completed twenty years as aviation adventure columnist for AOPA’s Flight Training magazine. Some reviewers have compared his book, “Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane,” to sixties road-trip classics like “On the Road,” and “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.”
“Greg thinks with the mind of a pilot, questions with the curiosity of a philosopher, and sees with the eyes of a poet.” — Rod Machado, aviation author and humorist
“You don’t have to be a pilot, or even a frequent flyer, to soar with Greg Brown in [his] Flying Carpet.” — Nina Bell Allen, former Assistant Managing Editor, Readers Digest
So buckle in and join Greg for the ride!
Make a one-time donation, or better yet, subscribe your ongoing support. Thank you! Greg
If you enjoyed this story, you’ll love Greg’s book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane. Autographed copies available!
Follow Greg on Social Media!
