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“Red Cliffs near Gallup,” Greg’s Aerial Fine Art Photographic Print 11 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
In this month’s View from the “Flying Carpet,” summer rain showers saturate towering Red Cliffs near Gallup, New Mexico. I took this photograph while returning to Flagstaff from Benton, Kansas, assoc...
“Sage Advice,” Greg’s September column 26 Jul 2013 | 01:13 am
Flying friend saves the day For the second year running, I looked forward to retrieving my young pilot friend Tyler Allen from Window Rock for summer music camp in Flagstaff. The night before, I hear...
“Painted Desert Thunderstorm,” Greg’s Aerial Fine Art Photographic Print 13 Jul 2013 | 05:25 am
Unlike many parts of the country where convective cells are commonly cloaked in clouds, it’s a special feature of the dry Southwest that thunderstorms most often dominate the sky in solitude or line u...
“Making the Most of your Flight Instructor Team,” Greg’s AOPA webinar 11 Jul 2013 | 01:26 am
Recently I was invited by Shannon Yeager and Brittney Miculka of AOPA’s Center to Advance the Pilot Community, to present a webinar for the professional flight training community. To view my archived...
New video documents Greg’s “Views from the Flying Carpet” Fine Art Aerial Photography 1 Jul 2013 | 02:31 am
I’m proud to introduce this expanded 7-minute video by videographer Derek Ellis, detailing my objectives and process in creating my Views from the Flying Carpet Fine Art Aerial Photographic Prints. I...
“Night Flight From Vegas,” Greg’s August column 29 Jun 2013 | 02:49 am
Caution, planning, and vigilance… Jean recently invited me to travel with her to Las Vegas for a consulting gig. “My meeting is from 8am until noon,” she said. “We can fly over the night before, go ...
“Veneer of Civilization,” Greg’s Aerial Fine Art Photographic Print 22 Jun 2013 | 03:10 am
“Veneer of Civilization,” reflects my fascination with the eternal efforts of humankind to tame the Earth, even while nature exerts itself as the victor from beneath the surface. One might not notice ...
“Small Flight Turns Big,” Greg’s July column 30 May 2013 | 11:48 pm
Better than a sunny day By car, Sedona, Arizona is 45 minutes over winding mountain roads from Flagstaff. But by Flying Carpet, it’s less than 20 miles and takes ten minutes. The small distance, howev...
“Lake Powell Channel,” Greg’s Aerial Fine Art Photographic Print 18 May 2013 | 12:10 am
In this month’s print, Navajo Canyon, now an arm of Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border, funnels boaters through red rock bluffs of astounding scale. “Lake Powell Channel,” was photographed near Pa...
Greg’s “Sunset Rains” fine art aerial photograph featured in Rod Machado’s popular column 16 May 2013 | 11:58 pm
Many thanks to aviation writer and humorist Rod Machado for featuring my “Sunset Rains” photograph with his June AOPA Pilot magazine column. Read Rod’s column, here: “Aviation Photography: Swept away ...
