2312 1935, when an enterprising fellow could buy a couple of biplanes and start his own sky writing business. Exquisite aerial photography, fascinating information, and occasionally breath-taking shots of sky writing in progress. Who isn't awe-struck by 300-foot letters written 2 miles high - by airplanes? Very well made, quite watchable, especially for the time. Not bored by these 'boards 2muchtv 2003-05-20 00:27:10 2003-05-20 00:27:10 5 Fun little film that tells how Skywriting is done. Since there's not a lot of skywriting being done nowadays (I think.. I havent heard of the practice being done recently), this is quite a interesting time capsule. It tells all of what needs to be used ("smoke oil" and what difficulties the pilots must overcome to spell out letters in the sky. Interesting stuff. No heels on the wings please.. 4 Spuzz 2005-06-06 00:15:08 2005-06-06 00:15:08 Note when the aircraft taxis out, it has a tail skid (which chews u the concrete) as opposed to the later tail wheel. Tail skids were popular on very early aircraft with poor or no brakes when landing on dirt fields. The skid would help bring the aircraft to a stop. When hard surfaced runways came in in the 1930's, the skids disappeared and tail wheels were added. Great photography from the always reliable Jam Handy technical film company. A transition in aircraft design Elodea 2009-12-21 06:41:29 2009-12-21 06:41:29 5 3 4.67