Smoke is generated by paraffin oil injected into the aircraft exhaust. [Courtesy: SkyTypers Inc.]
Key Takeaways:
SkyTypers Inc. is a multi-generational, bicoastal family business established in the 1930s, specializing in creating aerial messages.
The company offers two distinct services: traditional skywriting (single aircraft, like handwriting) and the patented SkyTyping (multiple synchronized aircraft for dot-matrix messages).
Messages are crafted from paraffin oil smoke, designed to linger for minutes, with costs varying by service and location, and are performed by pilots highly skilled in formation flying.
“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.
