Cockpit Chronicles: A farewell to Boston

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So even at night the flight attendants want the shades down, Nick? Wow. Hopefully the new window shades on the 787 will fix that.

Go to Spaceweather before your flight and see if they mention any high levels of solar activity. Those are your best opportunities to see the Northern Lights. If it's not reported as significant, you probably won't see anything. Out of, say, 100 night flights over the Atlantic, we'll probably only see them two times.

I talked a little about that night view in a recent post that includes a few other things you can look for though.

Good luck!

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