Pilot Life

We made it to Bermuda🏝. Leaving New Jersey, it can be quite busy waiting for takeoff. One time I was the 30th aircraft in line for departure. Not long after reaching the shoreline we then talk to New York Oceanic. We then test our High Frequency radios and make position reports to ATC along the […]

Northern lights over the Prairies. Taken by my colleague. The Suns solar wind interacts with the Earths magnetic field and usually deflects 98% of it back into space. Since the magnetic fields are weaker at the poles a small amount of solar wind passes through the atmosphere. The gas molecules in the atmosphere get excited