---
title: "Did This A400M Just Upstage The Marines By Tracing A Giant ‘Dick In A Box’ In The Sky?"
description: "The big military transport has flown a very peculiar flight path that looks a lot like Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg's greatest gift of all."
date: "2018-11-17"
modified: "2018-11-17"
authors:
  - name: "Tyler Rogoway"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.twz.com/authors/tyler-rogoway.md"
url: "https://www.twz.com/24972/did-this-a400m-just-upstage-the-marines-by-tracing-a-giant-dick-in-a-box-in-the-sky"
categories:
  - "Air"
  - "Around The Globe"
  - "Europe"
  - "News & Features"
  - "Sea"
  - "Transports"
  - "U.S. Marine Corps"
tags:
  - "A400M"
  - "Dick In A Box"
  - "flight tracking"
  - "Gulf of Cadiz"
  - "Seville"
  - "Sky Dick"
  - "Sky Penis"
  - "Spain"
---

# Did This A400M Just Upstage The Marines By Tracing A Giant ‘Dick In A Box’ In The Sky?

![](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-twz/content/2018/11/dddd111cc.jpg>)
*www.twz.com*

Just when you thought we had reached the [peak of flying phallic expression](<https://www.twz.com/24403/sky-penis-soars-again-navy-t-34-appears-to-have-made-a-phallic-flight-over-the-sulton-sea.md>), an A400M transport flying out of Seville, Spain went ahead and traced what appears to be a massive 'dick in a box' over the Gulf of Cadiz. The peculiar route was first pointed out by [@Airspottersorg](<https://twitter.com/airspottersorg/status/1063504596721680384?s=21>) in the tweet posted below.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1063504596721680384

Keep in mind that the generous junk is only viewed by checking out the aircraft's route on flight tracking software, but this didn't keep a pair of Marine Aviator's from [getting grounded](<https://www.foxnews.com/us/marine-pilots-grounded-pending-probe-into-sky-penis-pattern>) for a [similar prank executed high above](<https://www.twz.com/24403/sky-penis-soars-again-navy-t-34-appears-to-have-made-a-phallic-flight-over-the-sulton-sea.md>) The Salton Sea in Southern California late last October. Of course, a Navy EA-18G Growler crew [drew a huge windborne wang](<https://www.twz.com/16181/apparently-navy-pilots-from-nas-whidbey-island-drew-this-massive-penis-in-the-sky.md>) with their contrail in what has become a notorious pop-culture phenomenon in November of 2017. That event really springboarded the public's interest in sky penises and the military's willingness to discipline aircrews that perpetuate them.

Although we can't know for certain, but this flight is very likely a test flight as Seville is where assembly of A400Ms take place. So maybe testers got into the Christmas spirit a bit early and decided to pay tribute to Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake's greatest gift of all.

https://youtube.com/embed/vhQSnLEOVJ8

There's always the possibility that this is just some crazy fluke, but I think it's pretty safe to say that the chances of this being a coincidence are very low.

We will keep you informed if this propeller-made penis turns into another mini-scandal like the rest. Then again, maybe they take things like this a bit lighter in Spain.

Time can only tell.

![message-editor%2F1542488194424-seville.2017-01-02-17-37-54.jpg](<https://www.twz.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1542488194424-seville.2017-01-02-17-37-54.jpg>)
*An Airbus A400M Atlas undergoing final assembly in Seville. , *Airbus**

*Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com*

## Author
Tyler’s passion is the study of military technology, strategy, as well as foreign policy, and he has fostered a dominant voice on those topics in the defense and national security space. Tyler was the creator of the hugely popular defense site *Foxtrot Alpha* before developing *TWZ*, which he continues to lead as the Editor-In-Chief to this day.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/Aviation_Intel>)