A bored airline pilot spelled out the phrase 'I'm bored' in the sky over an estuary in north-west England during a test flight, according to The Guardian.
Flight tracking data from Flight Radar 24 showed the Ravenair plane departed from Liverpool at 11:25 AM on Saturday.
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The pilot then navigated a two-hour journey covering the Wirral, Cheshire, North Wales, and the Dee Estuary.
The seven-letter phrase was carefully traced in tight, angular loops over the water between Talacre and Greenfield, occupying 20 minutes of the flight.
'I've never seen a pilot saying he's bored by writing it in the sky,' said Aaron Rheins, a flight tracking blogger on TikTok.
Flight Radar data indicated the skywritten message was created at an altitude of approximately 1,100 feet while traveling at speeds just under 100 knots.
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According to the airline, the pilot is a flying instructor in his 20s who took the Piper Tomahawk up to evaluate a replaced component.
Wayne Barrett, the operations manager for the airline, indicated that the pilot would not face disciplinary actions and commended his piloting expertise.
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'I think the pilot was literally a bit bored, as it was just a test flight. Mind you, it was pretty skillful flying,' Barrett said.
'He's not in trouble but we have had a lot of attention from it.
The plane is now safely back in the hangar and the pilot is on his day off.'
Barrett confirmed that the flight was essential to test the replaced part, despite the unauthorized route. 'I think the part was a cylinder that needed replacing.
So when this happens we take the plane up for a test run to make sure everything is OK, which it was.'
Barrett also noted that the task required intense concentration despite the playful nature of the message.
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'He was a bit bored but he probably had to concentrate a lot in the end to spell out the words so he was probably anything but,' he said.
