Pilot draws 'I'm bored' in sky during test flight, airline calls it 'skillful'

A flight instructor in the United Kingdom has garnered online attention after drawing a message in the sky with his aircraft during a routine test flight. The pilot, flying a Piper Tomahawk plane, wrote "I'm bored" across the sky over northwest England.

“

I think the pilot was literally a bit bored as it was just a test flight. Mind you, it was pretty skillful flying.

The unusual maneuver occurred during a two-hour flight that departed from Liverpool on Saturday. Data from flight tracking services like Flightradar24 showed the plane's path over the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire, and North Wales, clearly displaying the message.

Wayne Barrett, the operations director for the airline company Ravenair, commented on the incident, acknowledging the pilot's "skillful flying." He suggested the pilot might have been bored during the test flight, which was conducted after a part replacement on the aircraft. Barrett explained that such flights are necessary to ensure everything is functioning correctly after repairs.

“

When this happens, we take the aircraft up for a test flight to make sure everything is okay, and this time it was.

Despite the pilot's potentially lighthearted motive, Barrett confirmed that the instructor is not in trouble. He added that while the pilot might have felt bored, the concentration required to execute the message likely made the flight anything but dull. The aircraft has since returned safely to its hangar, and the pilot has been given a day off.

“

He was a bit bored, but he probably had to concentrate quite a bit to write the words, so he probably wasn't bored at all.