skywriting

sky·writ·ing

S0460800 (skī′rī′tĭng)n.1. The process of writing in the sky by releasing a visible vapor from an airplane.2. The letters or words so formed.

sky′write′ v.sky′writ′er n.

skywriting

(ˈskaɪˌraɪtɪŋ) n1. (Aeronautics) the forming of words in the sky by the release of smoke or vapour from an aircraft2. (Aeronautics) the words so formed ˈskyˌwriter n

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(ˈskaɪˌraɪ tɪŋ)

n. 1. the act or technique of writing against the sky with artificial smoke released from a maneuvering airplane. 2. the words, letters, designs, etc., so traced. [1920–25] sky′write`, v.i., v.t. -wrote, -writ•ten, -writ•ing. sky′writ`er, n.

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Noun

skywriting - writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplanewriting - letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"

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advertising medium in which aircraft spell out trade names and sales slogans in the sky by means of the controlled emission of thick smoke. The technique was first developed (1922) by J. C. Savage, a pioneer English aviator. Letters a mile high and a mile wide can be formed by the movements of specially built planes equipped with the smoke-emitting apparatus. Engine heat is used to turn specially treated paraffin oil into white smoke, which is discharged under pressure. The "writing" is done at heights of 10,000 to 17,000 ft (3,048–5,182 m) and is feasible only in cloudless skies in which there is no more than a moderate wind. Contracts are commonly made for skywriting over a designated place, e.g., a racetrack, fair, bathing beach, or carnival, and for a specified day and time. Skytyping, the name given to a more modern form of skywriting, involves the use of five to seven planes. They fly rigidly parallel and equidistant courses as nearly in perfect unison as possible. The message to be written is arranged on a master control panel, and as the planes fly abreast electronic signals cause the smoke-emission mechanism in each plane to release puffs of smoke accordingly.

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noun writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane

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