Pilot writes 'I'm bored' in sky during flight from Liverpool

The airline said the pilot was testing the aircraft after a new part was fitted

flightradar24 Bored spelt out in green letters on flight tracking app flightradar24 over a mape of North Wales — The airline said the pilot was testing the aircraft after a new part was fitted

A light aircraft pilot wrote "I'm bored" during a two-hour test flight - with his mischievous flight path appearing on an online tracking app.

The Ravenair plane took off from Liverpool at 11:30 BST on Saturday before flying around the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire and North Wales, according to flightradar24.

The airline said a flying instructor aged in his 20s had taken up the Piper Tomahawk for a test flight after a part was replaced on the plane, which landed back on Merseyside at 13:30 BST.

Operation manager Wayne Barrett said: "I think the pilot was literally a bit bored as it was just a test flight. Mind you it was pretty skillful flying."

The pilot's mischievous flight path was noticed by plane spotters on the flightradar24 tracking app

flightradar24 Green squiggles on flightradar24 which spell out bored over a map of Wales and Merseyside — The pilot's mischievous flight path was noticed by plane spotters on the flightradar24 tracking app

He added: "I think the part was a cylinder that needed replacing.

"So when this happens we take the plane up for a test run to make sure everything is OK, which it was.

"He was a bit bored but he probably had to concentrate a lot in the end to spell out the words so he was probably anything but.

"He's not in trouble but we have had a lot of attention from it.

"The plane is now safely back in the hangar and the pilot is on his day off."