On board the first aerial drawing of South America

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Last 28 of March LATAM Airlines made the first aerial drawing of South America with a Boeing 767-300ER, I was part of this interesting event.

Within the framework of presentation of the new boeing cabins 767 made with an overflight south of Lima, near the Nazca lines, la aerolínea realizó lo que se conoce como un «dibujo aéreo».

Aerial drawing refers to the representation in the air of a word or form that is recorded in flight tracking services such as Flight Radar 24 and this case was no exception.

The flight

With an approximate duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes, Latam Airlines marked an interesting and different milestone for South American aviation by making the first aerial drawing, while in its interior the renewed cabins of the Boeing were officially presented in society 767 after completing the retrofit process of the first of 35 aircraft of this model.

On this flight I was able to be present as a guest of the airline and here I leave with you the chronicle of what was a unique and incredible experience for who we are. AvGeek.

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Ready to board the Boeing 767 to discover the new interiors and participate in such an interesting special flight.

the boeing 767 registration CC-CXC is the first to carry the new LATAM Airlines cabins and was where the first aerial drawing of South America was made.

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We can see the Lima Airport runway as the plane heads south.

Once detached from Lima Jorge Chavez Airport, the plane headed south, heading towards the Pisco VOR in initial climb to 23 thousand feet.

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The sky accompanied during various parts of the flight, but at other times, completely cloudy. Here already at flight level FL270.

were more than 2 hours and a half of flight so that the first aerial drawing made in South America can be completed. The figure made was an airplane, with an approximate size of 150 nautical miles that began in the Pisco VOR and that to make it even more special, flew over the famous Nazca lines too.

In this video we can see in time-lapse how the whole process of drawing the special plane in the air was experienced from the plane as part of the presentation of the new Boeing cabins 767 from LATAM Airlines.

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The drawing registered in Flight Radar 24.
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The flight plan with all the points and information that made this event possible.

Were 43 points or coordinates that allowed the crew to draw the plane in the air, this process to enter it into the flight computer took approximately 1 hour and half.

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Here we can see the First Officer reviewing the drawing made in FR24.

Once landed back in Lima, I was able to enter the cockpit and talk with the pilots, who I invited to see his artwork on Flight Radar 24, they were very happy and excited about what was done.

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The pilots who carried out such an important and interesting mission of making the first aerial drawing of South America.

Special thanks to LATAM Airlines for being part of this important event and also getting to know their new cabins as part of the retrofit process of more than 200 aircraft.

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2 Comments on “Aboard the first air drawing of South America”

  1. I would say that the first one carried out by a commercial airline in South America, I have images of a flight made in piper 28 about the Betania dam where the letters AOT were made , also an S on another occasion