Airbus A380 draws giant Christmas tree over Germany
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An Airbus pilot in Germany has delivered an early festive present by tracing the outline of an enormous Christmas tree during a test flight.
The crew, which was testing an Airbus A380, produced a colourful image clearly rendered on the flight tracking website Flightradar24.
The tree, complete with baubles, stretched for hundreds of kilometres from Hamburg to Stuttgart in the south.
The jet will eventually be flown by Dubai carrier Emirates.
The tree was rendered in several colours, reflecting the plane's varying altitudes. No passengers were on board.
Flightradar24 is a live flight-tracking website that shows air traffic in real time.
🎄 Finished! A Christmas tree and ‘tree topper’ by an @Airbus A380.https://t.co/CEadIGqKtt pic.twitter.com/eDclHp0Hum
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 13, 2017
An early Christmas gif from the @Airbus A380.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 13, 2017
See how Airbus drew their tree at https://t.co/YQPtQ179tG pic.twitter.com/ah1eBzFGGY
Last month, a US Navy pilot was strongly reprimanded for using contrails to trace a penis over the state of Washington.
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