Smoke is generated by paraffin oil injected into the aircraft exhaust. [Courtesy: SkyTypers Inc.]
Key Takeaways:
SkyTypers Inc. is a bicoastal, multi-generational family business, founded in the 1930s, that specializes in two distinct aerial advertising methods: traditional skywriting (one plane) and patented skytyping (multiple planes in formation, like a dot-matrix printer).
The company has a rich history, expanding from New York to California, and requires pilots with specialized formation flying skills, which are now primarily acquired through civilian experience.
Messages, whether corporate or personal, are massive in scale (characters up to 2.5 miles high, messages 5 miles long) and visible for many miles, with costs starting from $3,500 for skywriting and $17,500 for skytyping.
“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.
