AOPA’s giveaway Piper Archer, covered in illustrations [Credit: Meg Godlewski]
Key Takeaways:
AOPA partnered with Scheme Designers to create a publicity wrap for their next giveaway airplane, a Piper Archer.
At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, artist Noah Heckel drew crowd-requested designs directly onto the temporary plastic wrap covering the aircraft.
The interactive plastic wrap and its artwork are temporary and will be removed after AirVenture, with the airplane receiving a new, permanent paint job.
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) teamed up with Scheme Designers on a publicity wrap for its next giveaway airplane, a Piper Archer.
At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, artist Noah Heckel used acrylic markers to draw on the plastic wrap that covers the aircraft and took requests from the crowd. Kids asked for Batman and Snoopy.
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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.
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