# Sky art: Pilot's route spells 'Hello' on flight tracking radar map

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-art-pilots-route-spells-hello-on-flight-tracking-radar-map/773904 "2016-12-05T03:00:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-art-pilots-route-spells-hello-on-flight-tracking-radar-map/773904/1 "2016-12-05T03:00:58Z")

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Sky Art. A new use for an airplane. 😃

Spelling out HELLO is pretty cool. But my favorite image is an actual drawing of an airplane on the radar map. LOL

I guess this is completely within air regulations? He wrote hello slowly over a 37 minute flight. No crazy acrobatic flying. It does waste fuel but apparently the pilot can afford it.

> **[Sky art: Pilot's route spells 'Hello' on flight tracking radar map | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/europe/pilot-spells-hello-flight-tracking-map/index.html)**
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> A pilot with a history of plotting routes that show up as patterns on flight-tracking websites has completed his most ambitious yet.

Another pilot draws flowers on the flight tracking radar map.

> **[Interesting flight tracking patterns on Flightradar24 | Flightradar24 Blog](https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/interesting-patterns-on-flightradar24/)**
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> We often get questions about why certain flight tracking patterns occur. In this article we take a closer look at common causes for certain flights.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-art-pilots-route-spells-hello-on-flight-tracking-radar-map/773904/2 "2016-12-05T03:10:40Z")

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I remember reading about a woman with one of those GPS trackers that allows you to post your running route to Facebook who was using it to draw penises all over town.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-art-pilots-route-spells-hello-on-flight-tracking-radar-map/773904/3 "2016-12-05T15:33:10Z")

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> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> I remember reading about a woman with one of those GPS trackers that allows you to post your running route to Facebook who was using it to draw penises all over town.

Some draw airplanes, and hearts, and flowers.

And some draw dicks.

Sigh.  
—el barto

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sky-art-pilots-route-spells-hello-on-flight-tracking-radar-map/773904/4 "2016-12-05T15:33:28Z")

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Surrender Dorothy!