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A New Twist On Skywriting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the air-apparent dept.

Nugget writes "The advent of Internet-based flight tracking technology enables an entirely new kind of skywriting. Gulfstream Aerospace sent up one of their $50M business jets today on an 8.5-hour test flight spanning 11 states for the sole purpose of leaving their mark on the Net in the form of a flight track that spells out 'GV' (the nickname of the Gulfstream V aircraft being flown) when viewed online."

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  1. Re:It would have looked better by Xaositecte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sure I know cursive, Fuck, damn, shit, hell....