A Canadian pilot flew a flight path in the shape of a raised fist in honor of George Floyd and Black Lives Matter movement

A Canadian pilot flew in the shape of a raised fist on Thursday to show support for George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Dimitri Neonakis flew on the almost two and a half hour flight path across Canada and posted images of the pattern on social media.
"Today I flew this 330 nautical mile flight pattern which took the shape of a movement symbol which I respect and support," Neonakis wrote on Facebook on Thursday.
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A Canadian pilot took to the skies on Thursday to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for over 8 minutes.

Dimitri Neonakis designed and flew on a flight path shaped like a raised, clenched fist, a symbol that has become associated with the Black Lives Matter movement.

The flight path, which started and finished near Halifax, Canada, lasted a total of 2 hours and 25 minutes, according to tracking data from FightAware , a flight tracking data company.

Neonakis posted images of his flight path on Facebook and wrote that he flew 330 nautical miles in the pattern of "a movement symbol which I respect and support."

The image of the fist could not be seen by viewers on the ground and was only discernible through radar technology. FlightAware posted a video to Twitter that tracked the shape of the flight path.

"I feel the need to speak out and my way is in the air," Neonakis told CNN . "Even though no one is going to see it, it makes me feel good... I know it's for them, the people oppressed over the years."

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