Category: life & love

Dance troop in Guadeloupe, French Antilles. Check out the little boy joining in!

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My wife and I recently enjoyed two weeks in Guadeloupe, French Antilles. Yes, there were incredible beaches, snorkeling, food, and sightseeing. (Comment if you’d like me to post some pics.)

One day we stopped by Destreland Mall near Pointe-à-Pitre, a shopping mall like anywhere else, to buy groceries.

Suddenly this fab dance troop materialized from nowhere, and it was such a scream I’m compelled to share the experience.

And as if their performance wasn’t already great enough, wait’ll you see the little boy from the audience jive with the dancers!

Greg

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“Lobe Plays Sedona; Skies Filled with Music,” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #26

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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.

Listen to “Lobe Plays Sedona,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #26

Along with cockpit thrills and challenges, plenty of piloting adventure arises from where flying can deliver us, both physically and spiritually. That’s what today’s episode is about.

Check out Lobe’s Growing Pains album on Spotify or your favorite music platform!

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Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #26 Photos – “Lobe Plays Sedona”

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Celebrating 10 years since Greg’s first solo fine art print exhibition

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Wow! Ten years have already passed since my first solo “Views from the Flying Carpet” photography exhibition.

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Thank you, friend, fellow pilot, and Master Printer Richard Jackson (above left) for starting me down this path, and former Northern Arizona University College of Arts & Letters Dean Michael Vincent for inviting this first solo exhibition that led to numerous others.

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And a special thanks to all you good folks who have supported my passions for flying and photography by investing in my Views from the Flying Carpet and “Down to Earth” series Fine Art Metal Prints, Pilot Achievement Plaques, and Photo Wall Calendars since then!

Here’s wishing you the Happiest and Healthiest 2023!

Greg

“Vertigo! Some Lessons a Pilot Never Forgets…” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #25

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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.

Listen to “Vertigo!” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #25

Some Lessons a Pilot Never Forgets…

“So this must be Vertigo,” I thought. Nausea circled my gut like the snowflakes orbiting my propeller. I peered out the windshield for landmarks, but snow obscured all but a tiny spot of ground beneath me, even at an altitude of only a thousand feet.

To make matters worse, my VOR navigational receiver had obviously failed. How could I possibly have drifted so far off course as it suggested, on a flight of only 40 miles.

It was almost Christmas, and I was a young University of Illinois student transporting precious parts for my motorcycle home to Champaign…

Greg

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Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #25 Photos – “Vertigo!”

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“Red Sports Car for a Day,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast #24

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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.

Listen to “Red Sports Car for a Day,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #24

Ride along on my youthful airplane and auto adventures! (But you needn’t be a car or airplane fan to get a kick out of it!)

Greg

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Episode photo: 1967 Volvo P1800S sports car, like the one I owned for a single day! (See more photos below.)

Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #24 Photos – “Sports Car for a Day!”

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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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Make a one-time donation, or better yet, subscribe your ongoing support. Thank you! Greg

Check out Greg’s Aviation Books, Fine Art Aerial Photo Prints, and Pilot Achievement Plaques!

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Greg’s “Views from the Flying Carpet” Aerial Fine Art Prints
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“Fifty Years Aloft,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast #23

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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.

Listen to “Fifty Years Aloft,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #23

I was recently awarded the FAA’s Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, for 50 years of safe piloting. It’s mind-boggling to consider how short the history of aviation is, that I should have already flown for over 40% of the entire history of powered flight!

In this episode I reflect on how general aviation flying has changed since I took to the skies in 1972.

Today’s story kicks off a whole series of future episodes sharing many more cockpit adventures from those five decades. Something for you to to look forward to!

Okay, everyone, hop aboard my Flying Carpet, snug up your seatbelts, and prepare for takeoff on today’s adventure, “Fifty Years Aloft!”

Greg

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Episode photo: Greg & Jean on a 1977 day trip to Six Flags, Ohio. (See some 50-years-of-flying photos below.)

Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #23 Photos – 50 years aloft

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