This pilot wants to wish you a Happy New Year

Greetings from the sky.

Well here's a creative New Year's message.

A pilot used his private aircraft -- a Evektor EV-97 EuroStar -- and approximately 20 minutes of his time, to trace a "Happy NY" message from the skies over Milton Keynes in the UK.

Flightradar24 — a service that allows users to track flight patterns all around the world — tweeted the greeting.

It reminds us of that guy who spelled "Hello" at the end of November:

Or that guy that used the same technology to draw a giant penis in the sky:

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Some people's creativity and talent deserves a round of applause. And others don't. We'll let you be the judge.

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