The Ohio State Highway Patrol took NEWS9 crews to ride along during an air speed check.

Sgt. Phil Bender, with the OSHP's aviation department, took NEWS9 crews in a patrol plane to demonstrate how troopers catch speeders from the sky.

Bender flew 2, 000 feet in the air to get a view of Interstate 70 near St. Clairsville.

"The first step of the whole process is a visual estimation,” said Bender.

Bender uses a stopwatch to time how fast each car hits white lines painted on the berm of the highway.

The pilot then radios to troopers on the ground, and the troopers take over from there.

After tracking speeders on I-70, NEWS9 crews landed to get a different view of the plane.

Once we finally hit the ground, troopers from the Wintersville post took NEWS9 crews along Route 7 near Toronto.

Bender stayed in the air, and within minutes, cars are stopped left and right.

NEWS9 talked to one driver, who didn't see it coming.

"It sucks," said Zach Twigg, a resident of Toronto. “I didn't know they actually caught me. I was just following a whole bunch of people, moving with traffic."

While all drivers pulled over on the day NEWS9 was out with troopers, that's not always the case.

"I had a guy over probably 89 miles an hour,” said Trooper Greg Mamula. “He ran off the exit. The plane followed him down the parking lot, and I ran on foot, and I caught him."

Troopers ticketed several people during the air speed check, but their the fastest driver was clocked at 104 mph.

The tickets start at $130 and go up from there.