Its data showed the Ravenair plane took off from Liverpool at 11.25am on Saturday. In a two-hour journey it flew over the Wirral, Cheshire, north Wales and Dee estuary, over which the bored message was clearly visible.<\/p>\n
The pilot spent 20 minutes tracing out the seven-letter phrase in tight, angular loops over the water between Talacre and Greenfield. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a pilot saying he\u2019s bored by writing it in the sky,\u201d said Aaron Rheins<\/a>, a flight tracking blogger on TikTok.<\/p>\n The message in the sky was made at an altitude of about 335 metres (1,100ft) at speeds of just under 100 knots, according to Flightradar24.<\/p>\n The airline said the pilot was a flying instructor in his 20s who had taken up the Piper Tomahawk for a test flight after a part was replaced on the plane.<\/p>\n Its operation manager, Wayne Barrett, suggested the pilot would not face repercussions and paid tribute to his flying ability. Speaking to the BBC <\/a>he said: \u201cI think the pilot was literally a bit bored, as it was just a test flight. Mind you, it was pretty skilful flying.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cHe\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Barrett confirmed the flight was necessary to test a replaced part, even if the route was unauthorised. \u201cI 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,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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