A Turkish Airlines plane appears to be drawing the Turkish flag over Turkey as we speak (presumably to celebrate 23 April).

I will watch with intense interest when they start drawing the star... https://twitter.com/onderseren/status/1253221621185351681

It’s definitely what they’re doing by the way. The flight even has the call-sign TK1920.

The star is going to be mental...

We’re reaching the critical point where that star comes into play. The crescent has been executed with unerring skill so far but the real test is only about to begin now...

Nooooo what are you doing, the crescent isn’t finished yet!!!

Anyone living in Yozgat or Sorgun should go outside right now and look up. It really looks like a Boeing 777 is about to try to execute a star in the sky.

Key maneuver coming up now as the pilot tries to turn a Boeing 777 back on itself to create the first point of the star. Would not want to be a passenger on that plane (I assume it’s empty of course).

According to this flight plan, the pilot is about do something crazy. And then again. And then again.

And they close the crescent after finishing the star.

Madness. But also very cool. https://twitter.com/bnrivo/status/1253233877700796418?s=20

It was going very well but it appears the star is starting to turn into a pentagon. Which would be very Illuminati... Wondering how they’ll fix this geometrical faux-pas.

BACK ON TRACK PEOPLE, NO NEED TO PANIC. It got a but shake there for a moment but it definitely is starting to look like a star.

If I tried to draw the flag by hand, it would be considerably worse than this with a Boeing 777. That says a lot about me but more about the pilots.

Second point has been completed. Barring some kind of problem, it looks like this madness is actually going to work.

This is an entirely legitimate viewpoint. However, I am a child at heart and I am absolutely loving it. As long as they don’t do this every day, I’m 100% behind this batshit, creative madness. https://twitter.com/eltkaty/status/1253234716230238209?s=21 https://twitter.com/eltkaty/status/1253234716230238209

Right, we seem to have reached the halfway point of the flag drawing. The star has really taken shape and I have to say I am surprised at how well they’ve done it. Finished product should be in around an hour. I’ll update sporadically.

Still on track. Call out to all my followers in Yavuhasan and Özükavak to get outside and look up.

NEARLY THERE PEOPLE!!! Just needs to execute a final turn over Sungurlu and get back to Ankara Esenboğa in one piece. Brilliant aviation fun on Turkey’s National Sovereignty and Children’s Day...

Final turn executed perfectly. Now descending in from Ömercik, at around 5,000 ft. A few moments left.

It seems I broke the thread here so here is the rest for continuity. I must have got overexcited in all the madness because as you know, I am otherwise the master of far-too-long MEGATHREADS (copyright @nateschenkkan): https://twitter.com/canokar/status/1253251509480873984?s=21 https://twitter.com/canokar/status/1253251509480873984