Canadian pilot flew flight path in the shape of a 'raised fist' as tribute to George Floyd

Corrections & clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly listed how many people were killed in a series of April attacks in Nova Scotia. There were 23 deaths.

A pilot in Canada took to the skies in support of ongoing protests rallying against the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other black Americans at the hands of police brutality.

Dimitri Neonakis, a pilot who lives in Nova Scotia, flew a flight path Thursday in the shape of a “raised fist” — a sign that has become a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement, and has historical roots in the Black Power movement of the 1960s.

The nearly 380-mile flight, he said in a Facebook post, “took the shape of a movement symbol which I respect and support.” He dedicated the flight “for George.”

Per FlightAware, the flight lasted for nearly two-and-a-half hours at about 150 miles per hour.

Neonakis often takes to the skies to draw flight path art with personal and social significance. Earlier this year, he’s drawn flight paths for his daughter, a friend who survived cancer as well as a path in tribute to the killing of 23 people in Nova Scotia.

He said in a previous post that sky art was his “new hobby during Covid-19.”

Neonakis did not immediately respond to a request for comment from USA TODAY.

Follow Joshua Bote on Twitter: @joshua_bote

More: Hundreds honor George Floyd at N.C. memorial as peaceful protesters line the streets

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: George Floyd protests: Canadian pilot draws sky art tribute in support