The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA Championship and the team wanted to do something special for their fans. They decided to hire a skywriter to do something spectacular in the skies over Cleveland. The Cleveland Cavaliers are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They play in the East Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
I found this article on forbes.com website. There is an article about how the Cavs organization got into contact with Skywriting Artists and how they plan to execute this amazing championship celebration that they have planned.
This article was posted by Steve Wulf on Forbes SportsMoney blog at http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevewulf/2016/06/10/skywriting-artist-helps-houstonians-commemorate-nba-championship/
A skywriter is someone who actually writes in the sky. A skywriting plane is a small plane with a long, slender body, designed for the purpose of writing messages in the sky.
Tina Fonville, a skywriting artist from Houston, Texas, is currently working with the Cleveland Cavaliers organization to create a sky-high tribute to their NBA Championship win. For this project, Tina and her team have been flying above NBA events and writing messages in the air. These messages are visible across the league city, drawing attention to the Cavs’ victory.
The Cavs’ celebration will continue at a free parade on June 22nd – complete with an appearance by LeBron James himself!
Houston, Texas is a famous city in America. It is one of the most populous cities in the country with a population of around 2.1 million people according to 2010 census. The city is also the largest in terms of area and covers a land area of approximately 600 square miles. Houston is also known as Bayou City and Space City for its importance in oil industry and has developed into one of the leading business centers in the country.
Transtar Skywriters are at present engaged by Cleveland Cavaliers organization to create an aerial banner above Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland; home stadium of NBA team Cleveland Cavaliers. The banner will be created on Tuesday, June 21, 2015 during the celebration party marking NBA Championship win of Cavaliers organization over Golden State Warriors, who were reigning champions for last two seasons.
The celebration party will take place at 8 PM that day as part of victory parade for Cavs team which will begin from Gateway Plaza near Quicken Loans Arena and end up at Public Square where there will be a huge party including live music by local bands, fan interaction, and some fireworks show before the Cavaliers team reaches.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have hired sports skywriting company AirSign to write messages in the skies over Greater Cleveland during the team’s 2015 NBA Finals run.
The Cavs are facing the Golden State Warriors in the best of seven series, with Game 1 on Thursday night. The first two games will be played in Oakland while Games 3 and 4 will be played at Quicken Loans Arena.
Company founder and CEO, Jimmy Driscoll said “this is a great opportunity for everyone to get excited about the Cavs’ return to professional basketball.”
Driscoll founded AirSign, which is being contracted by the Cavaliers organization, in 1999. The company has been recognized as one of America’s fastest growing private companies and has received national attention for its innovative approach to advertising. Driscoll has been featured in many publications including The Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine.
We were approached by the Cavaliers organization to do a unique skywriting event that would be seen by millions of fans throughout the Cleveland area and beyond. We are excited to announce that we have been selected for this opportunity and will be helping the Cavaliers celebrate their first NBA Championship with a special message in the skies above downtown Cleveland.
The team has requested that we create an aerial masterpiece of the words “ALL IN” in light blue smoke. The letters will be approximately 1,000 feet in height and 500 feet across. They will be visible for most of northeast Ohio, as well as much of northern West Virginia and southeastern Michigan.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have announced the hiring of Skywriting by Condor, a professional skywriting company. The new title sponsor is scheduled to make its debut this fall at the Quicken Loans Arena.
The Cavs signed a multi-year contract with Skywriting by Condor in exchange for undisclosed financial terms. Additionally, the organization has added a secondary sponsorship with Quicken Loans. The Cleveland-based company will now be known as the “Official Mortgage Provider of the Cleveland Cavaliers.”
“We are thrilled to partner with a premier organization like the Cleveland Cavaliers to enhance our visibility throughout Northeast Ohio,” said Rob Toomey, President of Skywriting by Condor. “Not only does this partnership allow us to grow our business locally, it also gives us an opportunity to raise awareness for our brand nationally.”
Skywriting has been around since ancient times and has been used to convey everything from personal messages to political and patriotic statements. In the past century, skywriting has made a comeback as a form of advertising.
Towers were used in the early days, but were later replaced by airplanes. Although most skywriters still use airplanes, some use hot air balloons.
The skywriter uses smoke generators to write messages in the sky. The smoke is created by heating oil to a very high temperature and then injecting it with an atomizer into the engine’s exhaust stream. The oil vaporizes, leaving only gas as it leaves the vents on the sides of the cockpit. This gas mixes with air and produces a white smoke that is easily seen from miles away.
Aircraft for skywriting are typically twin-engine planes because they must carry extra fuel for extended flights. The extra weight of this fuel means that they cannot fly as fast or as high as typical aircraft, so they aren’t at risk of being knocked down by other aircraft flying nearby.
Skywriting is often used at sporting events like baseball games to announce a player’s name or jersey number when he scores a run or hits a home run.*”