Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2023

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 “Cowpunchers Reunion: Rough Flight Home,” Greg’s Flying Carpet Podcast Flight #2 8 Grab your logbook, and join our flying adventure attending a unique “working cowboys” rodeo, and then fleeing thunderstorms on the flight home!

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Ask Captain Lim

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-312(ER) Photo credit: byeangel ( [link] ) How many airliners would have run out of fuel if it weren’t for the “final reserve fuel” as required by law? The fuel planning policies by airlines are there for ensuring the safety of each flight. It would include the fuel required for a specific journey, such as the taxi, trip, contingency, alternate, final reserve fuel, fuel for extended diversion time operations (EDTO) for certain flights and the di

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