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Flying Carpet is the captivating inside story of the making of a pilot. Journey life's skies with Greg Brown as he matures from fledgling to seasoned aviator, encountering aerial adventure and colorful characters all along the way. Sweat with him through harrowing flights, learn by his triumphs and mistakes, and join his young family growing up aloft. This book goes beyond traditional flying stories-learn what it takes to conquer the nagging fears faces by every pilot when attempting to master this most revered and challenging of human endeavors. Above all, Flying Carpet conveys the joy and boundless freedom of being a pilot, pursuing like our aerial ancestors the irresistible lure of the map. Whether you fly from an armchair or a pilot seat, Flying Carpet is one ride not to be missed. 'Buckle in with Greg Brown and head off to chase a solar eclipse or wrestle with ice on your wings or try to outwit troublesome mountain waves. Each chapter of Flying Carpet is a new ticket to extraordinary adventures that transform a pilot from novice to journeyman and, eventually, skilled aviator.' More than just flying stories, this is the tale of a person who evolves to think with the mind of a pilot, question with the curiosity of a philosopher, and see with the eyes of a poet. Pilots will be entertained and wiser for having read it. Non-pilots will thrill to sharing the wings of a skilled aviator. I'm hooked!' - Rod Machado, aviation author, flight instructor, speaker and official flight instructor for Microsoft's Flight Simulator 'If [Greg Brown] can't inspire you to join us in the sky, no one can.' - Stephen Coonts, best selling-author and pilot 'You don't have to be a pilot, or even a frequent-flyer, to soar with Greg Brown in Flying Carpet.' - Nina Bell Allen, Former Assistant Managing Editor, Readers Digest 'Thankfully, we have great storytellers like Greg Brown who conveys his love of flying while sharing valuable insights that come only with experience. Great books about flying are timeless. Talented writers, like Greg Brown, are priceless.' - Laurel Lippert, Editor-at-Large, Pilot Getaways magazine Chapters: 1.Pedigree of a Pilot
2.Journeyman Aviator
3.Western Skies
4.Gift of Flight
5.Journeys Across Time and Sky
6.Full CircleAbout the Author-Greg Brown has long wandered the skies of North America with his family and friends. His love of flying is apparent to anyone who reads his 'Flying Carpet' column in AOPA Flight Training magazine, or his stories in AOPA Pilot and other publications. An aviator since 1972, Greg was 2000 National Flight Instructor of the Year, winner of the 1999 NATA Excellence in Pilot Training award, and the first NAFI Master Flight Instructor. He holds an airline transport pilot certificate with Boeing 737 type rating, and flight instructor certificate with Boeing 737 type rating, and flight instructor certificate with all fixed-wing aircraft ratings. Despite such accomplishments, Greg has never lost touch with his roots as a new pilot flying light airplanes. To this day, every takeoff is as exciting for him as the first one. Of course he's not alone; all pilots feel that way. Other books by Greg Brown include The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual, The Savvy Flight Instructor, and Job Hunting for Pilots.
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