GTA Fan Art Requires Airspace

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A flight-tracking map draws a line showing where a plane has travelled. Fly the right route and that line becomes a picture.

Think drawing without lifting your pencil, except your pencil needs a runway.

KATV reports that Benjamin McDaniel, known online as The Pilot Picasso, traced Grand Theft Auto VI cover art with his flight path over northwest Arkansas. According to Flightradar24, the flight took 8 hours and 8 minutes.

That's a serious commitment to fan art. My drawing app asks me to select a brush.

His requires a preflight check.

The important distinction: the picture exists on the flight-tracking map. It isn't a visible mural hanging above Arkansas.

Looking up won't reveal it. I brought binoculars to a screen event.

The useful part is seeing what tracking data can do. Recorded positions normally show where an aircraft travelled; a deliberately shaped route can turn that same information into artwork.

The map isn't just documenting the trip. It's displaying the drawing.

Source: KATV; flight duration credited to Flightradar24.

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