Gregory N. Brown's love for flying is obvious in every section of this book, as is his concern for the image of the flight instructor and flight school: that they perform the best they can to seek out, promote, and sustain the joy of flight for the good of the entire industry.
In keeping with his role as general aviation advocate, Greg writes the ?Flying Carpet" column in Flight Training magazine. He earned AOPA's 2013 Let's Go Flying Award recognizing the individual or organization that best demonstrates a passion and commitment to the future of general aviation, was named 2000 Industry/FAA National Flight Instructor of the Year, winner of the 1999 NATA Excellence in Pilot Training Award, and was designated the first-ever Master Flight Instructor.
A practitioner of the noble art of flight instructing since 1979, Greg has also piloted professionally in both scheduled and corporate aviation, and flown extensively for pleasure and personal business. He has entertained and educated aviation audiences as a speaker since 1990, including as presenter for NATA's acclaimed Flight School Business Success Seminars. An online forum host since the dawn of the Internet era, he currently hosts Greg Brown's Student Pilot Pep Talk group on Facebook.
Greg earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, including graduate work in human-factors cockpit design at the Aviation Research Laboratory. He also studied for two years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed several advanced flight ratings at Purdue University. He holds an ATP pilot certificate with Boeing 737 type rating, and a Flight Instructor certificate with all fixed-wing aircraft ratings including glider. Greg also holds Advanced and Instrument Ground Instructor ratings, and has been active as a pilot since 1971.
Other popular aviation books by Gregory N. Brown include
The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual, Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane, Job Hunting for Pilots, and
You Can Fly! He is also a noted aviation photographer.
