Mooney pilot draws an A-10

[toto]

Okay, this is pretty cool.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7132V/history/20251002/1530Z/KTCL/KTCL

Saw the pilot post on Reddit, but thought this was more properly shared on MS

Nicely done 

[N201MKTurbo]

And it was drawn by a Mooney!

[toto]

56 minutes ago, N201MKTurbo said:

And it was drawn by a Mooney!

Exactly!

[Ragsf15e]

Holy smokes!  Excellent art!  4:30 hours!  That took some serious effort!

[Marc_B]

I wonder what this looks like in the cockpit…gps coordinates for waypoints? Set up with ForeFlight and pushed to panel? How many waypoints?  Pretty cool!

[toto]

9 minutes ago, Marc_B said:

I wonder what this looks like in the cockpit…gps coordinates for waypoints? Set up with ForeFlight and pushed to panel? How many waypoints?  Pretty cool!

I was kind of hoping the pilot was on MS and could give us a behind-the-scenes view

Seems like it would take a lot of work. 

Here’s the original Reddit post fwiw 

https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/s/NlwCamvh3k

ETA: There’s actually a lot of follow up discussion since I first saw the post earlier today, and the OP gave some details on the process. 

 

[Marc_B]

Interesting. Sounds like just used google earth to trace a picture and make a KML file that was uploaded to ForeFlight. Then just hand flew the track shown on ForeFlight.

[Hank]

@0TreeLemur, was this you, Fred???

Either way, it's impressive!

[MikeOH]

7 hours ago, Marc_B said:

Interesting. Sounds like just used google earth to trace a picture and make a KML file that was uploaded to ForeFlight. Then just hand flew the track shown on ForeFlight.

Yeah, that method is why I just can't get to enthusiastic about these 'sky images'.  Sorry to be the 'wet blanket' but I just don't see how there is much skill involved; hell, just let the AP fly it if you go to the work to load the waypoints into your panel GPS.

[N201MKTurbo]

You can just draw lines on ForeFlight map. They stay with the map till you erase them and zoom with the map. After you draw the picture you like, you just follow the lines. 
 

I bet if you put in a feature request to turn the lines into waypoints for drawing pictures in the sky, they may do it.

Sometimes you just want to waste some avgas boring holes in the sky, might as well make a picture.

[0TreeLemur]

19 hours ago, Hank said:

@0TreeLemur, was this you, Fred???

Either way, it's impressive!

  There are three Mooney's based at TCL.  I haven't yet met the owner of the plane that flew this mission, N7132V.  

 

[jeremyc209]

14 hours ago, MikeOH said:

Yeah, that method is why I just can't get to enthusiastic about these 'sky images'.  Sorry to be the 'wet blanket' but I just don't see how there is much skill involved; hell, just let the AP fly it if you go to the work to load the waypoints into your panel GPS.

It's not about skill, it's about having a little fun. 

[N201MKTurbo]

14 hours ago, MikeOH said:

Yeah, that method is why I just can't get to enthusiastic about these 'sky images'.  Sorry to be the 'wet blanket' but I just don't see how there is much skill involved; hell, just let the AP fly it if you go to the work to load the waypoints into your panel GPS.

Well, show us how easy it is.

[Bob E]

Being a Buckeye, when I was breaking in my new engine I decided, why not do it with a little style?

SCRIPT OHIO:

 

 

[MikeOH]

3 hours ago, jeremyc209 said:

It's not about skill, it's about having a little fun. 

Nothing wrong with that.  My comment was towards those that are somehow "impressed"; i.e. 'skill'

[MikeOH]

3 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

Well, show us how easy it is.

 

17 hours ago, N201MKTurbo said:

You can just draw lines on ForeFlight map. They stay with the map till you erase them and zoom with the map. After you draw the picture you like, you just follow the lines. 
 

I bet if you put in a feature request to turn the lines into waypoints for drawing pictures in the sky, they may do it.

QED

[N201MKTurbo]

35 minutes ago, MikeOH said:

 

QED

So none of that demonstrates your ability to draw pictures in the sky.

[Pinecone]

My favorite plane drawn by my second favorite plane.

And the two planes I have the most time in make/model.

[N201MKTurbo]

15 minutes ago, Pinecone said:

My favorite plane drawn by my second favorite plane.

And the two planes I have the most time in make/model.

My cousin used to fly A-10s out of the Maryland NG. My only A-10 time is when he let me set in the seat and make machine gun noises while I pulled the trigger.

[Pinecone]

When was he there?   Name? I flew the A-10 with MD ANG.  And the former squadron commander is about 4 hangers down from me.  He has a T-34 and a Bonanza

 

[N201MKTurbo]

1 hour ago, Pinecone said:

When was he there?   Name? I flew the A-10 with MD ANG.  And the former squadron commander is about 4 hangers down from me.  He has a T-34 and a Bonanza

 

I haven’t seen him in years. This would have been in the late 80s his last name was Cherry, first name was either Paul or Dave, I think. I’m real bad with names. He was my step dad’s nephew.

[Pinecone]

Dave Cherry.  I knew him.

[Shadrach]

4 hours ago, Pinecone said:

When was he there?   Name? I flew the A-10 with MD ANG.  And the former squadron commander is about 4 hangers down from me.  He has a T-34 and a Bonanza

 

When I was In college in the late 90s, I used to rent aircraft from Phoenix Aviation at KMTN. I saw lots of MD ANG, A10 formations perform overhead break approaches in to Martin. Were you there during that time?

[Pinecone]

No, I was not longer with them by the early 90s.

[N201MKTurbo]

2 hours ago, Pinecone said:

Dave Cherry.  I knew him.

He moved to Tucson and flew A-10s at DM, then flew A7s and then F-16s for the AZANG. Then he retired and flew for some airline.