Greg was born in California, but raised in the Midwest. His family instilled solid values and a wonder for God's creation. They spent many memorable times camping and hiking together. It was a three week canoe/packing trip into Canada when he was 15 yrs old that cemented an awe of nature as a gift too precious to take for granted.  The view was always the goal of a hike to high places so wanting to fly was logical.  Along with sailing, Greg thinks it is the greatest way to travel.  He developed a real affection for hawks and owls and did an independent study on local raptors.  His first flight lessons came in the summer after his sophomore year in college. Hooked on flying, he had to put it on hold for a few years until he, with a wife and new baby in tow, returned to California.  He found a way to combine Christian service and aviation through the School of Missionary Aviation.
        The family grew and so did the size of the airplanes.  After accumulating his ratings and some short term missions experience, practicality and expedience took him to commercial aviation. He worked for two airlines, America West and US Airways, as an A&P mechanic and a Maintenance Systems Instructor on Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Along the way, he stayed current in little airplanes, joined the Civil Air Patrol, flew Young Eagles, and has been active in the FAA's Wings Program.  To date he has accumulated 900 hrs of flight time over 20 years of flying. Greg has a Commercial License, and is Instrument and Multi-Engine rated.  For several years, he developed maneuvering skills in towing gliders in the California high desert and flying skydivers near the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Then within the last two years, with the friendship and fellowship of another Greg, Cardiologist  Dr. Greg Braden, the proud owner of Cessna 182, N2376X, he is again able  to join his first loves; flight and stewardship of creation with SouthWings.  Now employed with the Winston-Salem based B/E Aerospace, Greg works right on the air field, convenient to his Cessna 182. With his wife Chris, they have four sons. In the summer of 2007 two daughters-in-law join the family.   Greg and Chris enjoy living in North Carolina, and also relish visiting family back out west and, of course, the views on the way.