Best Greg Brown The Story Teller Poet Laureate Of Aviation Podcasts (2024)

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"Waterbeds by the 1/2 Hour" 15:27

12d ago15:27

15:27

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Grab your logbook, 'cause it's time for 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 …

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Perils of an Off-Airport Takeoff! 16:37

1M ago16:37

16:37

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Cowboy Flying Lesson! Perils of an Off-Airport Takeoff You may remember meeting my buddy Baldy in previous Flying Carpet Podcasts, Flight #2, "Cowboy Pilot," and Flight #29, "Cowpuncher's Reunion." Well here's what happened when he suffered an inflight emergency, and then what followed. The precautionary landing …

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Time Travel 37:02

2M ago37:02

37:02

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! One thing I love about flying is that there are so many dimensions to it. It might be as simple as going from point a to point B... For a meeting... Or a "hundred-dollar hamburger." But sometimes piloting takes you mystically and magically to faraway places—spiritually or across time. And that's what this story i…

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Eclipse! 24:16

3M ago24:16

24:16

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! As I record this, we’re just two weeks away from the 2024 total solar eclipse that will come up through Mexico and cross much of the Midwest and eastern United States. I suspect that many of you plan on flying to see this eclipse, but if you’re not, you probably should be. Plenty of people have experienced a part…

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iPads, Icing, & Restricted Airspace! 28:15

7M ago28:15

28:15

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! One thing I’ve learned over many years of piloting is that rarely can we plan a flight, take off, and then not need to worry about anything until we reach our destination. More often than not, circumstances arise before takeoff and en route that require planning, strategy, and tactics to get us safely where we’re…

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Cowpunchers Reunion: Rough Flight Home 16:55

9M ago16:55

16:55

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! You may remember meeting my cowboy buddy "Baldy" way back in Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #2, “Cowboy Pilot,” in which Jean and I were first invited to the annual "Arizona Cowpuncher’s Reunion." If you don’t remember that episode, or haven’t heard it, you might want to get to know Baldy via that episode before st…

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Bad Omen 15:55

12M ago15:55

15:55

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! There are many dimensions to piloting adventure: some are scary, most are educational, but all are memorable! Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/GregBrownFlyingCarpet/ https://www.instagram.com/gregbrownflyingcarpet/…

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Lobe Plays Sedona; Skies Filled with Music 15:51

1+ y ago15:51

15:51

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! “Lobe Plays Sedona; Skies filled with music.” 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. Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://www.facebook.co…

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Vertigo! 15:36

1+ y ago15:36

15:36

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! 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 na…

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Red Sports Car for a Day 14:45

1+ y ago14:45

14:45

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Ride along on Greg's youthful adventures in airplanes and automobiles! Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/GregBrownFlyingCarpet/ https://www.instagram.com/gregbrownflyingcarpet/By Greg Brown

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Fifty Years Aloft 22:48

1+ y ago22:48

22:48

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! 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 personally flown for over 40% of the entire history of powered flight! In this episode I reflect on how general aviation flyin…

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Talking Spirits 15:40

2y ago15:40

15:40

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Piloting is a sophisticated activity that requires a good deal of training, hand-eye coordination, planning, and application of judgment. But today’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 …

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Captain Midnight 15:43

2y ago15:43

15:43

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! As you’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…

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Backstory: Flight Instructor Hall of Fame 14:00

2y ago14:00

14:00

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Every aviator develops mutually rewarding relationships with the flight instructors delivering his or her wings. Well, here’s the backstory of one of those relationships, that over 22 years led to the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame. It’s a story every pilot will appreciate. Read my 1999 NAFI Mentor column referen…

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Share Your Gift of Flight! 46:30

2+ y ago46:30

46:30

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Tips and tricks for introducing family and friends to general aviation flying, including some hysterical stories about how NOT to do it! Learn how to treat family and friends to their critical first airplane rides, to ensure that they enjoy themselves and want to fly with you again. Heads up that this is a live r…

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Pilgrimage to Oshkosh! 22:51

3y ago22:51

22:51

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Everyone knows this is Oshkosh AirVenture Fly-in week, right? Well, grab your logbook, 'cause it's time for "Pilgrimage to Oshkosh," Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Podcast #18. Whether you're at AirVenture now or just wish you were, I promise you cross-country time, some laughs, and a fresh perspective! So hop in the…

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"Parlez-vous Anglais?" 19:44

3y ago19:44

19:44

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Ever wonder what it would be like, flying yourself into a foreign country where pilot communications are transmitted in an unknown-to-you language? Well, here's your opportunity to find out! This episode marks fifty years of a treasured friendship, arising under unusual circumstances from a long-ago foreign adven…

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World War I in the Air! 31:36

3y ago31:36

31:36

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Ever wonder what it was like to fly primitive airplanes into battle in World War I? Well, here’s your opportunity to find out! “The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul,” ⸺Sir Walter Raleigh, The War in the Air, 1922 (Music by Hannis Brown) Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.…

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Birthday Flowers 15:20

3+ y ago15:20

15:20

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! When celebrating birthdays with zeros in them, flowers alone won’t do it. So when Jean marked a new decade I sought somewhere special we could fly to celebrate. “But it seems weird celebrating a big birthday in Death Valley,” she said... Check out the photos at GregBrownFlyingCarpet.com ! (Music by Hannis Brown) …

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Realm of the Ancients 15:33

3+ y ago15:33

15:33

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Experience archaeology by Flying Carpet: Earning your wings is more than piloting an airplane; it's about where flying can take you! Don't miss this episode's photos at GregBrownFlyingCarpet.com ! (Music by Hannis Brown) Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/GregBro…

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Mayhem Beneath Our Wings 12:15

3+ y ago12:15

12:15

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! “Look!” said my wife with horror. “There’s been a terrible crash!” Glancing downward, there was just time for me to glimpse carnage on Highway 202, the Red Mountain Freeway east of Phoenix. A few hundred feet beneath us, flames and blackened vehicles littered the roadway as we crossed low on final approach to lan…

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Ghost of Christmas Flights Past 7:57

3+ y ago7:57

7:57

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Here's an audio holiday card to you and your family, direct from the cockpit of the Flying Carpet! It's been a mighty tough year, between pandemic, politics, and world problems, so from our family to yours, we hope this little audio card will brighten your holiday season, whatever your heritage or faith. May the …

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Inches of Runway 17:20

3+ y ago17:20

17:20

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Grab your logbook, ‘cause it’s time for Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #12, “Inches of Runway!” Because wind is invisible, it rarely seems as threatening as other weather when you’re flight planning, especially under clear skies. But as every pilot learns, wind is real; like other weather features it can be helpful…

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Vulture's Prey 17:23

3+ y ago17:23

17:23

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! The saga of the Lobe Band Bus, rescued by Flying Carpet. "You could always circle it on the way back, like a vulture!" See photos at the episode website! Music by Hannis Brown. Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/GregBrownFlyingCarpet/ https://www.instagram.com/gr…

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Long Journey North 42:25

3+ y ago42:25

42:25

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Grab your logbook, ‘cause it’s time for Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #10, “Long Journey North.” Jean and I are often asked, “Is there one aerial journey that stands out above the rest, in all your decades of flying?” Well yes there is, and this is it -- an extended Flying Carpet trek from Arizona to Northern Minn…

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Flying the Mists of Time 14:10

3+ y ago14:10

14:10

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Ever heard of anyone sowing terror from a tiny 2-seat Cessna 150 trainer? Well, grab your logbook ‘cause it’s time for Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #9, “Flying the Mists of Time,” about a little-known aviation event leading up to one of the US's most heinous terrorist acts. Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyi…

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Painted into a Corner 14:14

3+ y ago14:14

14:14

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Grab your logbook ‘cause it’s time for Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #8, “Painted into a Corner,” about a scary flight, facing down thunderstorms in dark of night! Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://www.facebook.com/GregBrownFlyingCarpet/ https://www.instagram.com/gre…

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Snipe Hunt! 13:11

4y ago13:11

13:11

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Grab your logbook, ‘cause it’s time for Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #7, “Snipe Hunt!” Those who savor old cars, grass strips, and the aroma of rotisserie chicken, will love this episode. And don't miss the photos at GregBrownFlyingCarpet.com, including "the wolf in sheep's clothing!" Support the Show. https://gr…

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Wildfire! How an Airport Helped Save a Town 13:36

4y ago13:36

13:36

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! This account of how one airport helped save a town from wildfires, is presented as a tribute to the countless Wildland Firefighters, in the air and on the ground, and the teams and airports supporting them, currently battling record wildfires across North America and the world. Support the Show. https://gregbrown…

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Ode to Night Currency 15:08

4y ago15:08

15:08

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Even after decades of piloting, night landings remain tough, beautiful, a little scary, and immensely rewarding. But just 30 minutes aloft displace all the preflight fears and apprehensions with just a single thought: CAN YOU BELIEVE WE GET TO DO THIS?! Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/…

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Sky King & the Old Apache 16:56

4y ago16:56

16:56

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! “The roaring powerplant and squealing tires soon brought my instructor scrambling from the office.” Rancher-pilot Sky King of the legendary 1950s TV program intersects with the wackiest checkride of Greg's piloting career. Music by Hannis Brown Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/podcast/ https://…

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Old Pals and N-Numbers 13:56

4y ago13:56

13:56

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Like fond memories of long-ago lovers, beloved airplanes resurface occasionally from quiet corners of a pilot’s mind. We hear the last three digits of some familiar N-number and are flooded with reminiscences. But rarely do the abbreviated call signs used in routine communications fully match the numbers of actua…

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Cowboy Pilot 16:38

4y ago16:38

16:38

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! "I much prefer aircraft accidents to being bucked by a horse!" Meet Greg's colorful cowboy-pilot buddy, Baldy, in the northern Arizona ranching town of Seligman. Good times guaranteed! (See associated photos at GregBrownFlyingCarpet.com) Music by Hannis Brown Support the Show. https://gregbrownflyingcarpet.com/po…

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New Beginnings; Return to Flight 13:58

4y ago13:58

13:58

*FAN MAIL: Text Greg your comments! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us aviators have been sitting around the past many months just wishing we were in the air, rather than launching skyward where we'd much prefer to be. This story, New Beginnings; Return to Flight, originated when all US civilian aircraft were grounded following the 9/11 terro…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Greg Brown The Story Teller Poet Laureate Of Aviation Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Greg Brown: Cockpit Adventures from the Flying Carpet

Greg Brown, “the story-teller-poet-laureate of aviation”

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"Waterbeds by the 1/2 Hour" 15:27

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Perils of an Off-Airport Takeoff! 16:37

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Time Travel 37:02

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Eclipse! 24:16

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iPads, Icing, & Restricted Airspace! 28:15

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Cowpunchers Reunion: Rough Flight Home 16:55

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Bad Omen 15:55

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Lobe Plays Sedona; Skies Filled with Music 15:51

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Vertigo! 15:36

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Red Sports Car for a Day 14:45

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Fifty Years Aloft 22:48

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Talking Spirits 15:40

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Captain Midnight 15:43

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Backstory: Flight Instructor Hall of Fame 14:00

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Share Your Gift of Flight! 46:30

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Pilgrimage to Oshkosh! 22:51

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"Parlez-vous Anglais?" 19:44

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World War I in the Air! 31:36

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Birthday Flowers 15:20

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Realm of the Ancients 15:33

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Mayhem Beneath Our Wings 12:15

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Ghost of Christmas Flights Past 7:57

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Inches of Runway 17:20

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Vulture's Prey 17:23

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Long Journey North 42:25

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Flying the Mists of Time 14:10

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Painted into a Corner 14:14

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Snipe Hunt! 13:11

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Wildfire! How an Airport Helped Save a Town 13:36

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Ode to Night Currency 15:08

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Sky King & the Old Apache 16:56

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Old Pals and N-Numbers 13:56

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Cowboy Pilot 16:38

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New Beginnings; Return to Flight 13:58

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