Smoke is generated by paraffin oil injected into the aircraft exhaust. [Courtesy: SkyTypers Inc.]
Key Takeaways:
SkyTypers Inc. is a multi-generational family business, established in the 1930s and now operating bicoastally, specializing in creating aerial messages.
The company offers two distinct services: "Skywriting" (using a single aircraft for handwritten-style messages) and "SkyTyping" (an invention by the founder's father, using six aircraft in formation like a dot matrix printer for synchronized smoke puffs).
These massive sky messages, visible for miles and lingering for minutes, require specialized pilots with extensive formation flying experience, with costs ranging from thousands for single messages to tens of thousands for multiple messages.
“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a message!”—and you can probably thank SkyTypers Inc., a bicoastal skywriting company for putting it there.
SkyTypers Inc. is a family owned company dating back to the 1930s. It began in New York, said Stephen Stinis, an accomplished pilot who has been the president and CEO of SkyTypers Inc. since 2004.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
