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Fly on one of the last skywriting planes as it soars over New Orleans Jazz Festival. Learn what it takes to write text that can be miles long and thousands of feet high!
Mile-high letters, marriage proposals, and anniversary celebrations are just another day at the office for skywriter Nathan Hammond.
Hammond’s world has revolved around aviation for as long as he can remember. His father was a pilot and his mom worked at the airport. He literally grew up around airplanes. After he graduated from college, the airlines weren’t hiring so Hammond took odd jobs as a pilot. It was during this time that he learned to skywrite. He is now among a select few pilots who have mastered this fleeting art form.
See Hammond write on a canvas thousands of feet above the ground with VRtually There in the video above.
Hammond likes to think of skywriting as one epic magic trick in the sky. The audience might hear his plane, but he is effectively invisible miles above them. Incrementally, the message appears, before being scattered by the wind minutes later.
Even though the messages only exist for a short while, they can make a lasting impression.
One afternoon Hammond was flying for fun and had extra smoke on board. He decided to draw a smiley face. “As I landed I get a call from the airport. Usually that’s bad,” recounts Hammond. It was quite the opposite; a woman who had just returned from a funeral for an unexpected death was calling to express her gratitude. “The entire family was distraught. They were at the gravesite and happened to look up, and there was this smiley face,” says Hammond.
It’s moments like these that have sustained Hammond’s love for skywriting over the years.
Join Hammond for a magical flight above New Orleans in the video.
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[@erinhammond8599]

so sos o proud of my unkle :)))

[@AFRCSD]

Now we know who writes “Better auto insurance with Geico”

[@jordanrubi7953]

I like how you can move the camera

[@dennyo7712]

Great video. You are an artist great job

[@lostn65]

i still don't know how you do it.

[@generalunderstanding5047]

Very cool.

[@briarz101]

Was wondering about skywriting, looked it up, watched some impressive stuff, but this is good insight from pilot. Great photography and production. Would like to see more

[@PBMS123]

Is the cockpit filing with smoke too?

[@chamarystigers8731]

Coooooooooooooooooooool 360 video coooooooooooooooooooooooool

[@ANDRE-sp2mi]

🙏🙏🙏🌎 Amen

[@Estebancito-ud1vp]

Cool 8)

[@smotricom3833]

Прикольно

[@eshaan614]

After watching this video I could not back out as there is no button in iPhone

[@24ecko]

Throw iPhone in trash.

[@conanedogawa2564]

would've been better if as the people look up, the camera also shows what's being written in the sky

[@Starburst8231]

It did

[@sandralawrence4571]

Quantuml2ap.

[@willow9530]

hovering over the minute marks shows the real video...... strangely different!!!! video is like zoomed in and missing the real deal....

[@purpleXpotion]

The mini’s are are showing all 360° camera angles at once which makes the imagery look distorted. If viewing on a phone, you simply move your phone in whatever direction you want to look.. as if you were a person INSIDE the video. On PC, I would assume you hold click & drag mouse in the direction you want to look??

[@james00711]

Its cool and all but how much pollution is that...

[@ralphralpherson9441]

Almost none... its a type of oil mixture that suspends into the air as a mist, like people using a vape to smoke nicotine or THC. All the people on earth vaping right now is probably a larger source of pollution than 4-5 guys worldwide writing "I love Nate" or "Hello Krista" in the sky. Leave it to the treehuggers to ruin everything.

[@TODAYNEWS914]

HELLO FLAT EARTH

[@carryeveryday910]

Are you blind? Lmfaooo

[@mgonzalez8880]

@@carryeveryday910 yes its flat. Hardest pill to swallow. You have been lied to.

[@carryeveryday910]

M Gonzalez LMMFFAOOO except you can LITERALLY SEE THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH. Not to mention the camera on the ISS showing the ROUND earth. Only a fucking moron would think the earth is flat lmfao. So where’s the edge? Lmaaooo. Also even if it was (it’s not not even debatable) it wouldn’t be the “hardest pill to swallow” because it wouldn’t change anything. Literally there’s no reason for any government or anything to loe about the fucking shape of the earth you troglodyte. You’re too ignorant for words and aren’t worthy of speaking with me. Go to college and the we will talk.

[@hman2912]

@@carryeveryday910 there's no point arguing with people who think they've worked it all out.

[@IsraelCountryCube]

@@hman2912 they didn’t even respond these flat earthers lol if only those idiots flew on a plane they’d know hahaha.

[@sandralawrence4571]

X

[@danielmarsh3884]

Whats the message Wow . Yes Flat Earth

[@IsraelCountryCube]

Lol no 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sarthak.m.b]

am poop

[@sandralawrence4571]

Jamijamiwei. Cxxoe