Northern Lights
03-05-2008 | 09:29 PM
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From: Captain
Yeah, it just shows up as a kinda greenish ring around the tips of the props. It's kinda cool to see, til you get too close to the windscreen and get zapped!
I get it most when it's really cold and dry out side and I'm flying through snow.
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03-06-2008 | 05:13 AM
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From: Popsicle Logic
First time I ever saw them was on the ground in SE Massachusetts. I saw them while flying over northern Pennsylvania. Makes you look twice and question what you've ingested over the past 6 hours. It is the coolest thing in the sky next to a meteor shower or comet, IMO.
03-06-2008 | 07:04 AM
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From: "I love the smell of Napalm in the Morning."
Used to fly night freight through N. Dakota and the northern lights would light up the whole cockpit sometimes. Very cool to see. Also saw an amazing meteor shower that same winter... helps to keep a guy awake.
03-06-2008 | 07:18 AM
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From: ATR-72 FO
Get it once every two or three months on the windshield depending on what type of clouds/precip we are flying through. I had no idea you could get it on the props? Ok, video time <disclaimer: Not mine>: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU0gIgE-i58
03-06-2008 | 01:53 PM
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From: Body at sea level; heart at 70,000+
Saw them (Northern Lights) numerous times at 70,000 ft directly over the North Pole in the late 1960s. Read about mission at:
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=4418645
http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=4418645
Last edited by Ftrooppilot; 03-06-2008 at 02:00 PM.
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