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Someone spent their time, money, and effort to write this in the sky (lemmy.world)

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I love it

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (10 children)

This is very different from the old sky writing. Is there a giant computer controlled bar that releases the smoke at the right time?

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It's called skytyping. It's more expensive than regular skywriting because it needs 5 planes but it's easier to read.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i expected it to be like a long bar with exits you can open and close by computer and that way you could then control it.. isn't 5 planes a bit complicated?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I thought so too but googling for it confirms they use 5 planes.

First company to do it with a single plane towing a long bar will be able to undercut the competition.

Or, unmanned drones.

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