If you thought of pilots as serious, focused people who never stray off the sensible path, think again. A pilot test-flying a single propeller aircraft in Salisbury, a suburb of Adelaide in Australia, got so bored he spelled out “I’m bored” on his tracking device by carefully maneuvering his flight path.
Photo: FlightAware
Leaving South Australia’s Parafield Airport just before 9:00 AM yesterday morning, and returning around 12:00 PM, the pilot was tasked with flying the aircraft, a Diamond Star, for two hours and apparently got a little creative in the process. The message, which was many miles long, would not have been visible from the ground — only on his tracking device and those following along on live flight tracking programs and websites.
