Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Aerostatic devices – Skywriting
Patent
1998-01-21
1999-11-30
Knight, Anthony
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Aerostatic devices
Skywriting
40212, G09F 2116, G09F 2106
Patent
active
059920653
ABSTRACT:
An aerial message system uses a plurality of aircraft flying in formation to form a visible message in the sky. A lead or master aircraft carries a small computer which may be programmed with the message(s) to be formed, as well as other factors such as the true airspeed of the aircraft and the configuration of the formation. An interface and encoder are placed between the computer and a transmitter aboard the lead aircraft, with the interface and encoder serving to accept a signal from the computer which is compatible with a dot matrix printer, and reformatting the signal to output to the transmitter. The transmitter transmits a plurality of discrete pulses or signals to the receiving or slave aircraft, with each of the slave aircraft receivers being tuned or adjusted to receive a signal corresponding to the position of that aircraft in the formation. The receivers may be readjusted in the air to allow aircraft to exchange positions in the formation, in order to maximize efficiency of the smoke or vapor material being carried on each aircraft. The signals received by each aircraft (including the lead aircraft with its hard wired output) control solenoids which operate injector nozzles within the engine exhaust system for each aircraft. Thus, a formation flight of aircraft equipped with the present system may form an aerial advertising or display message quickly and efficiently, with the computer adjusting output signals in other than real time to adjust for different formations.
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Bond Arthur H.
Dolce Marcus
Knight Anthony
Litman Richard C.
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