Overview
- A Ravenair flying instructor used a Piper Tomahawk to trace the words “I’m bored” in its ADS‑B track during a roughly two‑hour post‑maintenance test flight on Saturday, July 11, according to Flightradar24 and multiple news reports.
- The aircraft departed Liverpool John Lennon Airport around 11:30 BST, flew over the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire and parts of North Wales, and returned to Merseyside at about 13:30 BST.
- Ravenair confirmed an instructor in his 20s carried out the check after a replaced component — tentatively described by the operations manager as a cylinder — and said the flight validated the repair.
- The message was spotted by observers using Flightradar24 including TikTok creator Aaron Rheins and it quickly spread across news and social platforms, drawing sustained public attention.
- Ravenair said the pilot will not face disciplinary action, the aircraft is back in the hangar and the pilot is on a day off, highlighting how public ADS‑B tracking can turn routine maintenance flights into widely seen curiosities.