This Pilot Was Bored During Two-Hour Test Flight, So He Wrote It In The Sky

Long flights can be boring, even for the pilots. One recently qualified pilot was testing out a single propeller plane’s new engine. The trip got so dull that he decided to reveal his true feelings for all of those watching.

The pilot for Flight Training Adelaide, flew out of South Australia’s Parafield Airport after he was given the assignment to run the aircraft’s engine at a particular power setting for two hours. As the aircraft got closer to Port Broughton, northwest of Adelaide in South Australia, the pilot wrote the words ‘I’m bored’ on his tracking device, and obviously, not only that. Upon closer inspection, the note revealed two small phallic-like symbols standing below the words. Unfortunately, the phrase, that took dozens of kilometers to spell out wasn't visible from the ground, only on the tracking device.

Pine Pienaar, the director of Flight Training Adelaide, told Australian media that the flight school did not condone the pilot’s actions. According to him, “apparently he got bored. Young instructors, what can you do?”

Image credits: Flight Aware, James