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Notes on Compatibility:
- This ASA eBook requires Adobe® Digital Editions, which is available as a FREE Download, to be installed on your desktop or laptop computer.
- Adobe Digital Editions is NOT yet fully supported on Mac OSX Lion, however, Adobe has a Beta version available that may work for you. Click HERE for more information.
- ASA eBooks can be installed on up to 5 devices simultaneously, and read on a range of digital devices including the Apple iPhone®, iPad®, iPod Touch®, and Android® smartphones/tablets as well as PC and Mac computers.
✈ How do I get my eBooks onto my Android ?
To view eBooks on an Android based tablet or phone, you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. You can then follow the steps outlined below to use your eBook on your device:
- Download the free Bluefire Reader app from the Android Market.
To be able to read eBooks on your mobile device you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. On first use, the Bluefire Reader app will display a message asking you to authorize your device for Adobe Digital Editions.
- Start the Bluefire app on your device. Touch the Info button, enter your Adobe ID Username and Password, and touch the Authorize button. A message will display stating Authorization Successful, Device has be Authorized.
- Close the Bluefire app, connect your mobile device to your computer and select the 'Disc Drive' connection option.
- On your computer, open an explorer window and navigate to the 'imports' folder on your mobile device's SD card.
Bluefire tech support states that the versions of Android supported by this app are v2.2, 2.3 and 3.1. They further state that the default the path to the imports folder is \mnt\sdcard\bluefire\imports. On our test systems the path is Removable Disk (I:)\Bluefire\imports.
- Next, locate the eBook file you wish to copy to your mobile device. ASA eBooks you have viewed on your computer will be stored in the 'Digital Editions' sub-folder within your 'Documents' folder.
Select the eBook file, and copy and paste it into the 'imports' folder on your SD card.
- Disconnect your mobile device from the computer and start the Bluefire app. Touch the hardware Menu button and select Upload files on SD card. This will add your new ebook to your Bluefire Library.
✈ How do I get my eBooks onto my iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch ?
To view eBooks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. You can then follow the steps outlined below to use your eBook on your device:
- Download the Bluefire Reader app using iTunes or the Applications feature on your device
- Next, start the Bluefire app on your device. To be able to read eBooks on your device you must authorize it. On first use of the Bluefire app a message will ask you to authorize your device for Adobe Digital Editions. Enter your Adobe ID Username and Password. Clicking 'info' will also display the Authorize option.
- Connect your device to your computer and 'sync' them.
- When the sync is complete, with your device still plugged into your computer, select your device from the Devices list on the left side of the iTunes window, then click on the Apps tab.
- Scroll down the page to File Sharing, find the Bluefire app.
- Highlight the Bluefire app by clicking on it.
- To the right is a box titled Bluefire Documents. Click the 'Add' button.
- When the window opens, go to your Documents folder and find the Digital Editions folder containing your eBooks. Select the eBook you want to add to Bluefire, the book will automatically sync to your device.
- Unplug your device from the computer and open the Bluefire application to read your newly uploaded eBooks.
✈ How do I get my eBooks onto my Kindle Fire ?
To be able to read eBooks on a Kindle Fire you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. You can then follow the steps outlined below to use your ebook on your device.
- Download the free Bluefire reader directly from Bluefire. The following link to the Bluefire website page for Kindle Fire users will provide a link to their installer package and will have guided steps on how to install the Bluefire reader onto your Kindle Fire.
http://www.bluefirereader.com/blog/?p=158
- After installation of the reader is completed, start the Bluefire app on your Kindle. Touch the Info button, enter your Adobe ID Username and Password, and touch the Authorize button. A message will display stating Authorization Successful, Device has been Authorized.
- Close the Bluefire app, connect your Kindle Fire to your computer.
- When you see the "You can now transfer files from your computer to kindle" message on your Kindle Fire, open an explorer window on your computer and navigate to the "imports" folder on your Kindle Fire.
On our test systems the path is Removable Disk (H:)\Bluefire\imports.
- Next, locate the eBook file you wish to copy to your Kindle Fire. ASA eBooks you have viewed on your computer will be stored in the "Digital Editions" sub-folder within your "Documents" folder.
Select the eBook file, and copy and paste it into the "imports" folder on your Kindle Fire.
- Disconnect your Kindle Fire from the computer and start the Bluefire app. Touch the Info button and then touch the Import button in Import from SD card. This will add your new ebook to your Bluefire Library.
Flying Carpet: The Soul of an Airplane
This is the captivating inside story of the making of a pilot. Well-known and respected author Greg Brown shares the journey of life’s skies as he matures from fledgling to seasoned aviator, encountering aerial adventure and colorful characters all along the way. This book goes beyond traditional flying stories and teaches what it takes to conquer the nagging fears faced by every pilot when attempting to master the challenges of flight.
Flying Carpet conveys the joy and boundless freedom of being a pilot, pursuing the irresistible lure of the map. Whether you fly from an armchair or a pilot seat, this book provides a well written, entertaining and humorous look into our own human nature.
Check out Greg’s blog for flight instructors and flight training tips: www.gregbrownflyingcarpet.com
✈ What People are Saying
“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 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 [from the Foreword]
“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
I just finished reading your book and I love it! I can say this is my favorite addition to my flying library. Your stories always inspire the adventurous side in me... This book has inspired me to take a few adventures myself. I fly in a community where a lot of restrictions are stressed on pilots, which tend to prohibit this type of flying. I feel like this takes away from the potential for experience gained. Your stories motivated me to find a way for myself to gain the experience from flying to places that I wouldn't normally go. I thank you for what your book has done for me...
—Justin, Indiana
Hi Greg! I'm an Italian pilot, and fresh reader of your great "Flying Carpet" book from Varese, Italy. I quit flying last December for economic reasons, since it was becoming too expensive for my expanding family. It has been a sad and difficult decision, and I feared that, instead of being a pause, it could become a definitive fact. But while reading your book this week (I really devoured it), I realized that flying is still a big part of my life, and I'm not giving it up so easily (my day job is air traffic controller, so no way to keep airplanes out of the door). Thanks for the great stories and narration that inspires a great love for flying and the airplane and people that make it possible. And by the way, I feel inspired also by the way you showed life from a different perspective to your sons: I'll become father for the first time this December, and I'll keep in mind the way you helped them grow up. Thanks again!
—Federico Bossi
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