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Skywriting - The bizarre art form invented to promote Lucky Strike cigarettes could bounce back in the Instagram age, or it could die with the few people who know how to do it

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Tags: skywriting, instagram, advertising, aviation, history, lucky strike, author.kaitlyn tiffany, source.vox, long read
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/5/31/18645843/skywriting-history-geico-skytypers-air-show-blimps

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Title
Skywriting is the only good thing the advertising business has ever done for anyone
Published
May 31 2019
Word count
3202 words

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    The article is better than the clickbait-y title; I got hooked in on the "tech" and history story of skywriting. Still, it's ugly graffiti on the biggest possible canvas, until LEO and lunar ads...

    The article is better than the clickbait-y title; I got hooked in on the "tech" and history story of skywriting.

    Still, it's ugly graffiti on the biggest possible canvas, until LEO and lunar ads start showing up. It's more attention-grabbing noise you can't shut off; the only "good" thing about skywritten ads is that they blow away fast.

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