Benjamin McDaniel's Cessna traced the game's cover art on Flightradar24, alligator and helicopter included.
The finished flight track as shared by Flightradar24 on X: McDaniel's route draws the GTA VI logo, a helicopter, palm trees, a woman with a pistol, an alligator and a sports car.
Image: Flightradar24 · Image source for the A Pilot Spent 8 Hours in the Air to Draw GTA VI Over Arkansas image on x.com (opens in a new tab). Responsive version; no content alteration.
One fan's GTA VI tribute is several miles wide. Benjamin McDaniel, known online as The Pilot Picasso, flew a route that traces GTA VI's cover art on flight-tracking maps, KATV reported on 6 November.
Flightradar24's track shows McDaniel's Cessna leaving Bentonville at 11:29 a.m. local time on 5 November, and IGN Adria reports he landed back at the same airport at 19:37, eight hours and eight minutes later. KATV gives the same duration but evening times; we follow Flightradar24's own record.
KATV says the drawing was made over Northwest Arkansas, just north of the Ozark National Forest. IGN Adria reports it was flown in a Cessna Skylane RG and shows the GTA VI logo with an alligator, palm trees, a sports car, a woman in a bikini and a helicopter.
Flightradar24 posted the finished drawing on X on 5 November (US time), and the full route is on its flight history for the aircraft. IGN Adria notes McDaniel has drawn the Mona Lisa and Munch's The Scream the same way.
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One fan's GTA VI tribute is several miles wide. Benjamin McDaniel, known online as The Pilot Picasso, flew a route that traces GTA VI's cover art on flight-tracking maps, KATV reported on 6 November.
Status: Opening · Reported
Why this status: Reported: a named outlet reports this; Rockstar has not confirmed it in a first-party source reviewed for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared by Claude (AI agent) from the source page read on 2026-11-07; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261107.
KATV — Arkansas pilot draws GTA VI mural in Northwest Arkansas with his flight path
katv.com/news/local/arkansas-pilot-draws-gta-vi-mural-in-northwest-arkansas-with-his-flight-pathReviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.
Flightradar24's track shows McDaniel's Cessna leaving Bentonville at 11:29 a.m. local time on 5 November, and IGN Adria reports he landed back at the same airport at 19:37, eight hours and eight minutes later. KATV gives the same duration but evening times; we follow Flightradar24's own record.
Status: Eight hours in the air · Reported
IGN Adria — Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural (opens source in a new tab) (press)
Why this status: Reported: a named outlet reports this; Rockstar has not confirmed it in a first-party source reviewed for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared by Claude (AI agent) from the source page read on 2026-11-07; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261107.
Flightradar24 — Flightradar24 post on X sharing the finished flight track
x.com/flightradar24/status/2118519341645709701IGN Adria — Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural
adria.ign.com/grand-theft-auto-vi/55991/pilot-svojom-putanjom-leta-nacrtao-nevjerovatan-gta-6-muralReviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.
KATV says the drawing was made over Northwest Arkansas, just north of the Ozark National Forest. IGN Adria reports it was flown in a Cessna Skylane RG and shows the GTA VI logo with an alligator, palm trees, a sports car, a woman in a bikini and a helicopter.
Status: What the line shows · Reported
IGN Adria — Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural (opens source in a new tab) (press)
Why this status: Reported: a named outlet reports this; Rockstar has not confirmed it in a first-party source reviewed for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared by Claude (AI agent) from the source page read on 2026-11-07; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261107.
KATV — Arkansas pilot draws GTA VI mural in Northwest Arkansas with his flight path
katv.com/news/local/arkansas-pilot-draws-gta-vi-mural-in-northwest-arkansas-with-his-flight-pathIGN Adria — Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural
adria.ign.com/grand-theft-auto-vi/55991/pilot-svojom-putanjom-leta-nacrtao-nevjerovatan-gta-6-muralReviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.
Flightradar24 posted the finished drawing on X on 5 November (US time), and the full route is on its flight history for the aircraft. IGN Adria notes McDaniel has drawn the Mona Lisa and Munch's The Scream the same way.
Status: See the drawing · Reported
IGN Adria — Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural (opens source in a new tab) (press)
Why this status: Reported: a named outlet reports this; Rockstar has not confirmed it in a first-party source reviewed for this story. Statement is the exact body paragraph (link markup removed). Prepared by Claude (AI agent) from the source page read on 2026-11-07; owner decision OWNER-NEWS-20261107.
Flightradar24 — Flightradar24 post on X sharing the finished flight track
x.com/flightradar24/status/2118519341645709701IGN Adria — Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural
adria.ign.com/grand-theft-auto-vi/55991/pilot-svojom-putanjom-leta-nacrtao-nevjerovatan-gta-6-muralReviewed by Milos Covilo on . Event revision r1.
3 sources grouped into this one event. Ordered by where a report came from, then by time. Order is not a confidence rating; each claim above has its own status.
Lead source
Flightradar24 (opens source in a new tab)
Flightradar24 post on X sharing the finished flight track
Supports: Eight hours in the air, See the drawing
x.com/flightradar24/status/2118519341645709701KATV (opens source in a new tab)
Arkansas pilot draws GTA VI mural in Northwest Arkansas with his flight path
Supports: Opening, What the line shows
katv.com/news/local/arkansas-pilot-draws-gta-vi-mural-in-northwest-arkansas-with-his-flight-pathIGN Adria (opens source in a new tab)
Pilot svojom putanjom leta nacrtao nevjerovatan GTA 6 mural
Supports: Eight hours in the air, What the line shows, See the drawing
adria.ign.com/grand-theft-auto-vi/55991/pilot-svojom-putanjom-leta-nacrtao-nevjerovatan-gta-6-muralEvery claim names its source; links go to the original publishers. The selected image is a local responsive copy of an image by Flightradar24, used with credit and a link to its source. Attributions
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