Skytyping over the Rose Parade Jan 1 -- Final thank you to donors!!!
Final update
Money has been paid, contract has been signed.
On the morning of the Rose Parade, "Ron Paul for President" will be skytyped 2 miles in the air. Each letter will be taller than the empire state building. You will be able to see it 15-20 miles away.
We've got someone on the ground ready to take pictures and video.
Check out http://www.skytypers.com/ to see their product...
Since the LA meetup group was already planning on doing heavy flyering (I checked their meetup site) this will be a great time to get Ron's name up in the sky. There's also talk of anti-war protesters being there, and those could be Paul supporters in-the-making.
Thanks to all chipped-in on such short notice.
YES, there is discussion of repeating this type of promotion, especially since a member in our meetup already has a PAC set up; however, we're staying quiet about that until we see the results up in the air on Tuesday. The $1,000 we paid for this is unusually low, and more ambitious sky campaigns can be more cost prohibitive.
Thank you and God Bless!
Thank you!
Finally some confirmation! Glad to see the pic!
Surrender Huckabee
Well, that's what it looked like to me.
Here is a picture!!! Skytyping
http://www.simplyjosh.com/2008/01/up-in-sky.html
"I don't endorse anything they say"
~Ron Paul On the 911 Truth movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyhlNY0y1k
This should have been prompt
to avoid speculation.
In any case, better late than never!
i think that is a suspicious photo like a UFO doctored up one
just kidding!!!!!!!!! We Paulites are so damn vicious it can be scary.
Ron Paul 2008
Ron Paul 2008
Looks like he pulled a holdino
on ya guys.
WELL
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"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free".
Goethe
there was a link to a
there was a link to a picture of the skytype in a thread earlier today - I bet I will never find it - but - it really did occur
TE
Yes, holdino - I think you owe everyone some follow-up.
Couldn't find any mention of the sky billboards for the WGA nor for Ron Paul on the web.
you are welcome
thank you!!! fellow donators!!!
Pictures?
"Victory for liberty! That is our goal, and nothing less. -- Ron Paul, December 17, 2007"
Ron Paul is my President.
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So What happened with the sky-typing??
Have not heard a word...
Well? How did it go?
Did this happen? How did it go? Any photos?
I paid me money
and I want's to sees the show!
Did it even happen?
Found a story about the skytypers for the Rose Bowl Parade
Apparently, the Ron Paul message will be an add-on. The main series of messages is going to be in support of the Writers Guild of America strike:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/12/31/164233.php
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Sky Billboards In Support of WGA to Appear Above the Rose Bowl Parade
Written by Barbara Barnett
Published December 31, 2007
The annual Rose Bowl parade has been a tradition in my house since I was 10 years old, and one I’ve passed on to my own kids. But this year, keep your eyes on the sky! Why? Thanks for playing.
Ten thousand feet above the action of the parade, a series of five enormous sky “billboards” will unfold with messages in support of the ongoing Writers Guild (WGA) strike. The sky writing banners, created by a series of precision aircraft, are miles long with letters as tall as the Empire State Building. The planes emit biodegradable vapor “puffs” that type out messages that resemble dot matrix print. The message will be visible for miles around. ...
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Anyone there at the parade city? Have they done the sky typing yet?
Any news?
OK, watching the Tournament of Roses parade
I can't see how the TV can ignore the skytyping.
Trying to see what the sky looks like. Is it a good day for skytyping?
Anyone know what time the skytyping will happen?
Apparently though, the Ron Paul message will be one of several that is going to be "skytyped".
Good work!
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God bless you guys!
"Victory for liberty! That is our goal, and nothing less. -- Ron Paul, December 17, 2007"
Ron Paul is my President.
Cool
That is pretty interesting how they do that. I love the idea.
Joe
Skytypers Air Show
I checked out the Skytypers web site at http://www.skytypers.com. It turns out the way they write the message is by flying five planes at once with each plane making appropriate dots to write each letter of the message. Click the logo for the Geiko Skytypers for a video explanation.
Watching the video, I realized that the Skytypers are actually a mini-air show with five planes precision flying and also writing a message. They can write any message up to 30 characters. I envisioned them flying over the tailgate crowd the hour before the gates open for the Super Bowl, skytyping multiple Ron Paul messages. In an hour they could probably get in all the major messages.The video even showed them drawing the stars and stripes.
The trick with skywriting or banner towing or blimping is to be where people are outside with not much to do, like waiting to go into the arena. The Super Bowl is the biggest sporting event of the year. It is a huge social event drawing celebrities and millionaires. On February 3rd, there will be no bigger event in the whole country.
I would like to see the video of how the skytyping works out on Tuesday at the Rose Parade. If it works well, maybe holdino would be willing to organize another ChipIn to buy an hour of pre-Super Bowl skytyping. If we could present 10 Ron Paul messages to the Super Bowl attendees for reasonable cost (10,000?), I would definitely help fund it. Is anyone else up for this?
there's a lot
of speculation going on about future skytyping... right now I want to see how this first one turns out. I have a few quotes about future events but Bill and I are going to wait to see results before plotting and starting a new chip-in. This price was really a special deal that we likely won't see again, so we want to get a feel for how effective it is first.
Thanks!!!
WELL DONE!
I love this. I'd love to see a video of it being written.
We have a guy on the ground
We have a guy on the ground who will film it's printing, and then take a nice still shot once it's complete.
The pilot will be calling him from the air with a 5-minute warning. How cool??
Please vote for the final message (probably going with ronpaul2008.com, but open to other ideas...) here:
http://snappoll.com/poll/241504.php
Time for blatantcy
I voted in the poll for the skytyped message "Ron Paul 4 President" because I think it is time to stop building buzz and say right out what Dr Paul is doing. Just my opinion.
With the newspapers...
It's sort of an art to contact the right person. Otherwise, the message will just die.
So it's good to sort of ask around who might be interested.
1) Sports editor
2) Political editor
3) Local editor who covers the local flora and fauna (assuming you're part of that)
For example, at the Long Beach Press Telegram there's all these people:
http://www.presstelegram.com/newsroominfo
So you sort of have to call them and ask around on who might be interested in covering this type of story.
Don't forget the local television stations.
They love little tidbits of news like this. There are 3 areas of story line in it for them.
1) You. Who you are and why you are doing this as grass roots.
2) The whole idea of sky typing - what it is - a new form of advertising, being done at the Rose Bowl parade. A new manifestation of "Ron Paul's Air Force".
3) The sports and college angle. Sort of depends whether the sports anchor or the general anchor will be covering the story.
And then if it does get on the local news, TIVO it, YouTube it, and you're leveraging once more!
Oooooo...
Good idea.
Shouldn't you also let the Long Beach Press-Telegram and the OC Register know?
:-) - Erin