Aerial advertising

Under air advertising is the advertising from the air. This is possible with aircraft that are lighter than air, such as balloons and airships or aircraft heavier than air, such as air sports equipment and aircraft.

Advertising labels

On countless aircraft can be found even to be able to finance the maintenance costs, advertising stickers and paint coatings in different types and sizes. Some hot air balloons are made specifically shaped as an advertising figure. Advertising labels can also be found on hang gliders, paragliders and even gliders, but especially on airships. Hot -air airships, which were developed from the hot air balloons are often made ​​exactly for this purpose.

In particular, airships are suitable because of their large dimensions very good for advertising labels. You can also carry neon signs. These are specially at night an impressive sight, and have occasionally been held already for UFOs. The first airship that could project images on its cover, was in 1910 the Parseval PL 6

Unmanned tethered flights, luminous balloons and Fesselblimps

In the aerial advertising also unmanned, tethered blimps and balloons play a major role. The balloons have diameters from 2.5 to 10 meters and are usually prepared either from fairly inexpensive vinyl or from a more superior polyurethane nylon. The filling is usually carried out with helium, rare with the combustible hydrogen. A modification of the tethered balloons are tethered airships that are streamlined balloons with stabilizing fins basically. Manufacturers in Germany are the evolution GmbH in Stockach that high up air advertising company in Munich, Augsburg balloon factory ( now operating set ) and GEFA - FLIGHT GmbH from Aachen. Another form of aerial advertising using balloons is the Flogo, a foamed with helium dimensionally stable lather.

Banner towing

The banner towing (English banner towing ) pulls at reasonable cost quite a lot of attention. This draws a small motor or microlight, more rarely, a helicopter, a towing banners in aero tow. The problem with the banner towing is for the pilot only the start, as the banner must be included in the flight through the so-called catch towing with a tow hook either, as is the case with small engine aircraft, or ultralight aircraft must be started directly with the attached banner. There is also skydiving banner advertising, the parachutist then pulls a short banners or additionally a smoke trail behind it.

The current Guinness World Record in banner towing was set up on 1 May 2011 at the Nürburgring. A Sikorsky S- 76A dragged there a 5,000 -square-foot, 1.3 -tonne banner.

Sky writing

Sky writing or English. Skywriting is a rare but very effective type of aerial advertising. A powered aircraft squirts a low-viscosity oil ( has proved, among other things MARCOL 52) in its exhaust system, the vaporized by the high temperature of the exhaust gases to dense white smoke. The pilot can by appropriate maneuvers and precisely timed switching on and off the smoke system letters, characters and eg Create logos or hearts with initials. The decisive factor here is an altitude of at least 3000 meters, so that the smoke remains for many minutes and not visible to observe how at airshows and air races, dissolves within a short time. Wind effects do not play a major role, as the wind blows evenly at these altitudes and the sky-writing takes as a whole. The pilot can take this into account and apply his writing accordingly. Clouds clear sky or at least very high cloud base, however, are absolutely necessary.

With the sky writing little information can be conveyed. This disadvantage is relative in the era of Internet-capable mobile phones: The URL of a website can be written easily. Thus, the actual advertising message can then be represented.

Flogos

A relatively new form of aerial advertising is the Flogo ( portmanteau of "flying " or "flying" and "logo "). It is dimensionally stable, customizable designs from foam that rise into the air. In a special machine, a soap fluid is to be foamed with water and helium. The thus created, solid foam is pressed through a stencil, and thus brought into the desired shape. Flogos be customized and can include letters, logos, lettering, numbers or other symbols represent.

Acoustic Aerial Advertising

Advertising by means of loudspeaker systems from aircraft as it was practiced until about 1995, for example, in Spain on the beaches, in the aircraft at low altitude spread promotional messages from speakers at high volume levels, has now been banned throughout Europe.

Advertising by balloon race Flights

Many companies organize with commercial helium- filled balloons, attached to the postcards of the sender, Wide flight competitions.