Overview
- The Ravenair Piper Tomahawk left Liverpool John Lennon Airport for a roughly two‑hour test flight on Saturday and the pilot spent about 20 minutes tracing the phrase “I’m bored” over the Dee Estuary.
- Flightradar24 data show the maneuvers were flown at about 1,100 feet and just under 100 knots, with the pattern concentrated between Talacre and Greenfield.
- Ravenair said the flight was a post‑maintenance run to check a replaced part, reported to be a cylinder, and that the aircraft returned safely to the hangar.
- The pilot, an instructor in his 20s, will not face disciplinary action according to the operator, and the company says the plane is back in service while the pilot is on a day off.
- The episode, flagged online by flight‑tracking users including TikTok creator Aaron Rheins, highlights how public tracking platforms let anyone reconstruct detailed flight paths and turn routine checks into viral moments.