Pilot spells out 'I'm bored' message in the sky during test flight over Cheshire
Ravenair said the pilot was on a routine test flight after an engine cylinder replacement and was not in trouble.
- On Saturday, a Ravenair pilot spelled "I'm bored" across the sky during a routine test flight, a maneuver captured by flight tracking service Flightradar24 after departing Liverpool at 11.30am.
- Ravenair confirmed the Piper Tomahawk was undertaking a standard test flight following the replacement of an engine cylinder, a procedure requiring the aircraft to fly for verification purposes.
- The flight path spanned the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire, and north Wales, with the Piper Tomahawk spending approximately 20 minutes meticulously tracing the message before landing on Merseyside around 1.30pm.
- Operations manager Wayne Barrett described the flying as "skillful" and confirmed the pilot, in his 20s, is "not in trouble" despite the lighthearted antics drawing significant company attention.
- Safely back in the hangar, the aircraft has met all operational requirements for the engine repair while the pilot enjoys his day off following the two-hour flight.
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Pilots usually leave traces in the sky, but few manage to turn them into a message that turns them around on the internet. The image of the journey of a small plane forming the phrase "I'm bored" (in free translation) during a test flight to England gained social media and entertained netizens this week.
A pilot for British company Ravenair has used a test flight for an offbeat stunt. While circling over Liverpool on Saturday, he left a “I'm bored” sign in the sky. However, it was not visible to the naked eye, but only through the tracking application Flightradar24.
Liverpool pilot spells out 'I'm bored' in the sky during test flight
The playful message was spotted by flight tracking website Flightradar24 after the Ravenair aircraft took off from Liverpool at 11.30am on Saturday, before flying over the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire and north Wales during a routine test flight
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