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“Bad Omen,” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #27

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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 “Bad Omen,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #27

There are many dimensions to piloting adventure: some are scary, most are educational, but all are memorable!

Ever heard of St. Elmo’s fire? This episode certainly fits the “scary” category!

Greg

Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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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. Thatโ€™s what todayโ€™s episode is about.

Check out Lobe’s Growing Pains album!

Greg

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Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #26 Photos – “Lobe Plays Sedona”

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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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“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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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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“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!

Please support Gregโ€™sย Flying Carpetย Podcast, Blog, &ย Student Pilot Pep Talkย Facebook Group!

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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.

Todayโ€™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 todayโ€™s adventure, โ€œFifty Years Aloft!โ€

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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If you enjoyed this story, you’ll love Greg’s book, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane. Autographed copies available!

Please support Gregโ€™sย Flying Carpetย Podcast, Blog, &ย Student Pilot Pep Talkย Facebook Group!

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

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Join Greg’s “Cockpit Adventures from the Flying Carpet Podcast” Facebook Group!

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Hey All, Do you follow myย Cockpit Adventures from the Flying Carpetย Podcast?

If so, please join my new Flying Carpet podcast Facebook Group!

My podcast has been running for over two years now and I’m verging on 10,000 downloads plus several thousand more on Instagram. But I’ve been frustrated having no consistent communication or feedback mechanism.

I’m hoping this group will allow me to answer your podcast-episode questions, and collect your feedback on such topics as overall series content and structure, individual episodes, and future topics.

I look forward to your answering your podcast questions and hearing your input!

Greg 

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Ride along in my light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as I search behind clouds for the real America, experiencing countless aerial adventures along the way!

Find specific episode info via Greg Brown’s Cockpit Adventures from the Flying Carpetย Podcast page.

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“Talking Spirits,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast #22

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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 “Talking Spirits,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #22

Piloting is a sophisticated activity that requires a good deal of training, hand-eye coordination, planning, and application of judgment.

But todayโ€™s episode focuses more on spiritual aspects of flying–that is, why we do it, rather than how we do it, and it’s topped off by a crazy destination. This story is one of my personal favorites, and I hope youโ€™ll enjoy it.

Okay, everyone, hop aboard my Flying Carpet, snug up your seatbelts, and prepare for takeoff on todayโ€™s adventure, โ€œTalking Spirits!โ€

If you enjoy this podcast, please share with friends!

Greg

Episode photo: An antique Douglas DC-3 airliner like the one I followed en route to Detroit. (See more photos below.)

Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #22 Photos

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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

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“Captain Midnight,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast #21

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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 “Captain Midnight” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #21

As youโ€™ve likely heard, the final Learjet was recently delivered following almost 60 years of production. I was a kid when the Lear 23 was first introduced in 1964.

Although a few other corporate jets were flying by then, most companies still motored around in relatively slow, unpressurized piston airplanes, many of them repurposed WWII-era bombers and freighters.

The Lear was so sleek, sexy, and fast in comparison that it seemingly arrived from the future, revolutionizing air travel as evidenced by some 3,000 aircraft delivered over so many years.

Todayโ€™s episode is a tribute to the Learjet via “Captain Midnight,” Frank Rosenstein, one of the modelโ€™s early captainsโธบ the most dashing pilot I’ve ever known, who along the way inspired me and other enthusiastic kids to earn their wings, following in his footsteps.

If you enjoy this podcast, please share with friends!

Greg

See associated photos below! (Photos courtesy Nancy Rosenstein, and by Barry Schiff as noted.)

Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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Podcast Episode #21 Photos

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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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“Backstory: Flight Instructor Hall of Fame,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast #20

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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 “Backstory: Flight Instructor Hall of Fame,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast #20

Every aviator develops mutually rewarding relationships with the flight instructors delivering his or her wings. Well, hereโ€™s the backstory of one of those relationships, that led over 22 years to the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. But while todayโ€™s episode formally targets CFIs, itโ€™s a story every pilot will appreciate.

If you enjoy this podcast, please share with friends!

Greg

Podcast music by Hannis Brown.

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About Greg

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.”

โ€œGreg thinks with the mind of a pilot, questions with the curiosity of a philosopher, and sees with the eyes of a poet.โ€ — 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!

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For more guidance on this topic, download Greg’sย The Savvy Flight Instructor 2nd Edition ebook.

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Grand Canyon by “Flying Carpet”

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Hey, Fellow Pilots: Can you believe we get to do this??!!

Relive ‘Grand Canyon by โ€œFlying Carpetโ€’