How to cinch your first CFI job, line up flight students, and train and motivate them as a pro!
Flight instructing offers some of the most rewarding flying there is. We experience the joy of fulfilling our students’ dreams of flight, become better pilots ourselves in the process, and develop lifelong friendships with many of those we teach.
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 “Bowling Alley Hot Dogs,” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #36, here or on your favorite podcast directory.
Flight instructing offers some of the most rewarding flying there is. We experience the joy of fulfilling our students’ dreams of flight, become better pilots ourselves in the process, and develop lifelong friendships with many of those we teach.
But among hours and hours of routine teaching and flying, there are occasional hard lessons, too, most often unanticipated. And those hard lessons are generally even more eye-opening and profound for us instructors than for our students.
Above all, we learn that while maintaining a relaxed cockpit learning environment, we must never become complacent.
Okay, everyone, hop aboard my Flying Carpet, buckle into the pilot’s seat, and prepare for takeoff on Flight #36, “Bowling Alley Hot Dogs.”
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 “Flying Saucer!” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #35, here or on your favorite podcast directory.
There’s been lots in the news lately about possible extraterrestrial visits from other planets, other galaxies. And whether the government has been covering it up. In particular, many reports have revealed sightings from airplane cockpits.
So when a friend messaged the other day, asking whether I’d ever experienced UFOs or even extraterrestrials in the course of flight, I was reminded of an incident Jean and I experienced years ago in the Flying Carpet. You might call it “Flying Carpet Meets Flying Saucer.”
So climb into the Flying Carpet. Buckle up your seat belts. And prepare for takeoff on Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #35. “Flying Saucer!”
Hey All, many of you own my Views from the Flying Carpet Fine Art Metal Prints and Wall Calendars, and I wanted to share a pretty cool order I just fulfilled.
Our regional hospital system recently ordered 85 of my Fine Art Metal Prints to recognize longtime employees at their annual holiday gathering. Each recipient was offered their choice of the following images, Red Rock Sedona & the San Francisco Peaks,Sunset Rains, and Inner Basin Aspens, in three large sizes.
Mighty exciting for a guy addicted to flying around with a camera in my hand!
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 “The Day GPS Went Away!” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #34, here or on your favorite podcast directory.
How many pilots have seriously considered the safety implications of unexpectedly losing GPS navigation in flight? Well it happened to us, in clouds over remote and rugged terrain, and as you’ll hear, the risks are thought-provoking at best, and potentially deadly without forethought, positional awareness, and preparation…
Everything a pilot is expected to know when transitioning to turbine-powered aircraft. Covers all the essentials of turbine aircraft in one book.
Whether you’re preparing for turbine ground school, studying for your Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, priming for a corporate or airline interview, or upgrading into a personal jet or turboprop—The Turbine Pilot’s Flight ManualFifth Edition is designed for you.
With precision and a sense of humor, authors Greg Brown and Mark Holt cover all the basics for turbine pilot operations, clearly explaining the differences between turbine aircraft and their piston engine counterparts.
This manual clarifies the complex topics of turbine aircraft engines and all major jet and turboprop power and airframe systems. It includes discussions on high-speed aerodynamics, automation, wake turbulence, high-altitude and adverse weather, air carrier operations, transport airplane performance, and cockpit professionalism and leadership.
You’ll be introduced to state-of-the-art cockpit instrumentation including flight management systems (FMS), global navigation (GPS/RNAV/RNP), and head-up guidance systems (HGS). Learn the operating principles of hazard avoidance systems, including weather radar, enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS), predictive wind shear systems (PWS), advanced communication procedures and equipment (datalink and ADS-B), and the latest engine performance management techniques. A wealth of illustrations and additional online resources enhance understanding.
Here’s why you need “The Turbine Pilot’s Flight Manual!” (Courtesy of Capt. Chris Dunn.)
Thisnew fifth edition* incorporates new material addressing the many recent electronic flight bag (EFB) developments applicable to professional piloting, includes all topics required for completing an ATP Certification Training Program (ATP-CTP), and adds technology and terminology updates. Includes a glossary of airline and corporate aviation terminology, handy turbine pilot rules-of-thumb, and a comprehensive turbine aircraft “Spotter’s Guide.”
In short, The Turbine Pilot’s Flight Manual introduces all the principles and lingo required to “talk turbine.”Many airlines and corporate flight departments recommend reading this book before interviewing, and prior to attending ground school.
The straightforward “how-things-work” approach is also ideal for anyone who has ever wondered about how turbine aircraft work, including pilots and aviation enthusiasts of all ages and experience levels.
Many thanks to my friend and coauthor Mark Holt, my terrific publisher ASA, past publisher ISU Press, and all my colleagues and readers who’ve impacted this book’s success. You all are the greatest!!!
Attention Academic and Academy Classroom Instructors: For the first time, this new edition includes access to chapter review questions and answer keys, and chapter slide presentation files (PowerPoint format) containing all textbook figures.
Published by ASA (Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc.)
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 “Waterbeds by the 1/2 Hour,” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #33, here or on your favorite podcast directory.
Grab your logbook, and prepare to take off on one of my wackiest flying adventures ever.
So climb into my Flying Carpet, buckle up your seatbelts and prepare to take off on today’s episode,“Waterbeds by the 1/2 Hour!”
Greg
“I just finished listening to [this episode] – while driving and LAUGHED Out Loud! OMG, I don’t know [which part] was funnier…😂 It’s a great reminder to all of us that there is so much more adventure as GA pilots beyond the requirements. And you can quote me on that.” — Dorothy Schick, longtime Flight Instructor and Flight School Owner:
Well here’s a nice honor. Forest Highlands Golf Club’s racquet director and a key tennis volunteer invited me to provide a 40″x60″ “Mountain Sunflowers” Fine Art Metal Print for the club’s beautiful new tennis facility. Thank you, FHGC!!
“Mountain Sunflowers” was photographed at adjacent Kachina Wetlands and features summertime wild sunflowers framing Arizona’s tallest mountains, the San Francisco Peaks.
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.
Well here’s what happened when he suffered an inflight emergency, and then what followed. The precautionary landing went well enough, but not so the takeoff.
This episode you don’t want to miss!!
So climb into my Flying Carpet, buckle up your seatbelts and prepare to take off on today’s adventure, “Cowboy Flying Lesson! Perils of an Off-Airport Takeoff”
Greg
Photo: Baldy shows off his restored ’46 Taylorcraft. (NOT the accident airplane.) More photos below.
