Torejorn is a commuter plane pilot. He flies twin engine turboprops for the local airlines. Flights are short, often just eight minutes. The 38 passenger -8 Bombardier he flies is STOL equipped, and often lands on 800 meter (1/2 mile) strips with terrain “issues”. This is not a boring job folks.

Torejorn came by to have a look at Wind Horse and we were happy to trade his questions about cruising with our queries about flying in Norway.

For those of you who are pilots imagine visual minimum VFR approaches at 105 knots with a 36 knot cross wind, and mountains on two or three sides of the field.

Turns of he did his pilot training in Tucson, in 1997 (the year Arizona won the NCAA basketball championships!). Torejorn and the family spent a year in Tucson.

Torejorn offered to show us around Tromso. First stop was an amazing Arctic botanical garden.

These flowers and the rest which follow are all found in the Arctic regions.