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Syringe flight path by D-ENIG

Pilot draws syringe in the sky to celebrate COVID-19 vaccine

A pilot in southern Germany took to the sky just before Christmas to celebrate the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine. Using a Diamond DA-20 Katana the pilot drew a 70 kilometer long syringe 5,000 feet in the air.

Syringe flight path by D-ENIG

The completed syringe flight path took just over an hour, flying between Friedrichshafen and Ulm.

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