An airplane drew a Christmas tree on a flight tracker because why not

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How far would you go for a Christmas gif?

Airbus A380 — the world’s largest passenger plane — carried out a very festive test flight over Germany on Wednesday, as can be viewed on flight tracker websites.

An early Christmas gif from the @Airbus A380.

See how Airbus drew their tree at https://t.co/YQPtQ179tG pic.twitter.com/ah1eBzFGGY

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) December 13, 2017

A spokesperson for Airbus told The Telegraph that this was a regulation test flight, of which there are hundreds every year.

“Thanks to the co-operation of the air traffic controllers (Eurocontrol and DFS), it was possible to fly that Christmas tree flight path,” they said. “It was the idea of test pilots and engineers — an Airbus greeting to all aviation fans during this Christmas period.” Read more…

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