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Picture No 10731774
Date 1922
Description An aeroplane as pen, the sky as paper: sky writing, 1922
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Sky writing demonstrated over London. Sky writing was first employed in 1913 over the Epsom Derby, where the words 'Daily Mail' were written in the skies. Here, the Illustrated London News explains the skill involved in executing sky writing-using their own initials, naturally. Drawn by W.R Robinson, from information supplied by Major J.C Savage, the inventor of sky writing.
Source Drawn by W.R Robinson in The Illustrated London News, 10th June 1922, page 849.
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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