A group of Finnish air force cadets have been reprimanded after they were caught drawing penises in the sky with their flight patterns.
The student pilots were flying two Grob G115 training aircraft from Jyväskylä on the morning of April 13, when analysis of their route on the flight-tracking website Flightradar showed that their manoeuvres resembled phallic shapes.
The air cadets were also found to have drawn other shapes, such as hearts.
The Finnish Air Force has since confirmed that the pilots would face ‘disciplinary’ consequences, but it was unclear what their punishment would be.
A spokesperson for the Air Force told Finnish news outlet Yle: ‘The Air Force requires soldiers to follow good manners and rules of conduct, and if these are deviated from, it will be responded to appropriately.’
The flights did not pose any danger to air traffic, the spokesperson added.
It is understood that the Air Force has since launched an investigation into the incident.
The student pilots involved in the incident are on the competitive Pilot Reserve Office Course at the Tikkakoski air force academy.
Finnish air force cadets were conducting a training exercise on April 13, when Flightradar data showed at least four planes followed flight patterns that resembled phallic shapes
Military officials confirmed that the pilots were being invesitgated and that they had been ‘disciplined’
Image captured fromm Flightradar shows a penis shape drawn across the sky
But the Finnish air cadets are not the first to have been caught drawing phallic images in the sky.
In 2020, two Russian pilots carried out a penis-shaped flight pattern in a show of support for the captain of Russia’s national football team, who was axed after a video of him performing a sex act surfaced online.
The unnamed crew of Pobeda airline were placed under investigation for the stunt, which was reportedly done to back the Russian team captain Artem Dzyuba.
Dzyuba had been suspended from international duty after footage showing him masturbating in bed was leaked online.
‘This was probably the way in which Pobeda captains expressed their support to Russian team captain Artem Dzyuba and showed their attitude to him being bullied,’ said a spokesman for the airline.
