I worked at a banner towing company and once the bottom pole (which is a weighted carbon pipe with cement or metal and weighs 20 pounds) had fallen 1000+ ft and went about 6 ft through 2 ft of cement. And then the company 2 weeks after I quit had a plane in disrepair, the fuel gauges did not work nor did the tac. The pilot (whom was late teens) had ran out of fuel and crash landed killing a woman. That company is still running to this day
The airport down the road from my brother does something like this. I remember being down there one time and seeing a small plane take a steep nose dive and pulling up before seeing it gain altitude again with a banner behind it. I remember it being kind of fascinating once we realized what it had done. This just explains it in more detail with some cool camera perspectives.
Didn't realize how expletively tricky amazing and interesting this work is. I'm working on an animation featuring a banner tow plane and curiosity drew me to find out.
Yesterday i saw one of those planes for the first time and years and thought, "I wonder how they take off and land with those." Today this pops up on my recommended. So eerie.
Great information on how this is done. I have seen planes tow banners at many ballparks because I am a baseball fan and aviation buff and always wondered how pilots set up and prepare how banners are towed from aircraft. Thanks
A friend of mine used to fly an AG-CAT towing a huge text banner... one day on the pickup the banner broke in half, it was pretty fun to see the messed up message.
How interesting. I'd wondered how the pickup was done. The plane in the video reminds me of the crop dusters I see from time to time. Back in the day my brother flew a small plane that had lights under the wings that would produce words / pictures / advertising (only for night flight of course. He did a fly over at my sisters home during her birthday - oh so many years ago! Thanks for the posting.
I love nothing more than enjoying a nice relaxing day at the beach, sun bathing and swimming only to be greeted by a MASSIVE. FUCKING. ADVERT. IN. THE. FUCKING. SKY.
"You can't miss the billboard that flies by" "creates top of the mind awareness" "people want to get away from the big cities" "we go to where the people are" We wouldn't want you to escape advertising or anything.....
Here in Nigeria this method is used for campaigns, my younger brother has never missed the rope but twice the banner was upside down.🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
in the jersey shore area, people bring their own planes, they use durable vinyl banners (they only advertise local businesses!) that they take off with, and they're paid quite well, so i guess this only really applies to the RI area?
Mr. President #trump2020 #keepamericagreat Cuz it doesnt fit in the plane, you would need to adapt your plane so not only the banner fits in, but it also deploys correctly... its much cheaper with a tow hook like this
"Ahh... Finally, got out of that loud city and with that, I can relax in peace... (Sees a giant fking banner and an airplane that squeals like an air horn) Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. Here."
I watched as a tow hook bounced off the ground, caught the lead rope as the pilot pulled up. The tow hook cable wrapped around the rudder horn, when the line went taunt it kicked the rudder hard over. immediate stall/spin into the ground from about 400'
I recall these flying around in England when I was a child. I'm glad they're illegal here, now. This is what happens when you allow businesses to regulate themselves.
This seems unnecessarily complicated. If i had to guess how its done, I would have thought the ads were like rolled up and connected to the bottom or back of the plane, then after takeoff the pilot just pulls some sort of cable and hook mechanism to release the ad
I've heard this type of flying is some of the most dangerous a pilot can do. Flying low and slow over water. If something goes wrong, you pretty much have one place to land; the water. Unless you don't mind landing on top of a bunch of people.
"Expletive! I can't believe I missed it!"
I worked at a banner towing company and once the bottom pole (which is a weighted carbon pipe with cement or metal and weighs 20 pounds) had fallen 1000+ ft and went about 6 ft through 2 ft of cement. And then the company 2 weeks after I quit had a plane in disrepair, the fuel gauges did not work nor did the tac. The pilot (whom was late teens) had ran out of fuel and crash landed killing a woman. That company is still running to this day
Whatever what do you mean? I was saying what happened at the company I worked for. It isn't a safe job and I didn't sugar coat it
+Reid Russell sad to hear. Some jobs are just more dangerous than others. Didnt thought that it was that dangerous.
Whatever there's nothing wrong with him? What's wrong with your reading comprehension?
Reid Russell To many cowboys
Logan .xyz. 17. There is a minimum age for aircraft with an engine. Before you spirt wrong facts please check your own. The age is 17.
How do they land safely? Do they release the rope and let the banner float to the ground?
X15 Gaming Yes they do, landing with it could cause it to tangle in the wheels causing a crash
X15 Gaming What a dumbarse question
Crazy Clown, I was just asking how they went about landing the plane with the advertisement banner. William Hinson answered my question nicely.
X15 Gaming don't mind this guy he's just on his nightly spree of answering comments like a dick because he has nothing better to do
D Cal True. I seen him on other comments calling them dumb. I reported all of them.
People leave from city for a while to go to a beach and relax. Free from ads. Then someone flies a loud plane with a giant ad right above your face
I thought the same thing
Nobody leaves a city to be adfree.
And planes are not loud if they fly hundreds of feet above you.
I think most people don't mind a small plane buzzing about every now and then.
Eltic tf it was a joke
no escape
Advertisements, just what I'm missing from my relaxing day at the beach...
Not sure I've ever looked at a billboard and said, "oh! there's the lawyer I'm looking for"
but some people have
I've never not looked up at a banner being towed by a plane.
I saw a Subway and an Amazon ad for Prime day :P
Qui Le hmmm
Do they have an ad blocker for this?
FatRichCat yea it’s called an RPG
Flak cannons
may be you should keep your head down
*That was satisfying to watch*
The airport down the road from my brother does something like this. I remember being down there one time and seeing a small plane take a steep nose dive and pulling up before seeing it gain altitude again with a banner behind it. I remember it being kind of fascinating once we realized what it had done. This just explains it in more detail with some cool camera perspectives.
If I see your name on a banner ad, I probably will remember never to call you.
Feel like there is an easier way to do this
Comply Gaming Probably
Comply Gaming picking it up too, looks dramatic as shit
Comply Gaming There is... Pity these cowboys don't take it up, there still living in the 90s
Cool thou
Couldn't they just put a rope on the back and tie it? It wouldn't be that hard.
I always assumed they took off with them in tow
Didn't realize how expletively tricky amazing and interesting this work is. I'm working on an animation featuring a banner tow plane and curiosity drew me to find out.
I'm from Westerly!!!!!!! This literally just made my day
Yesterday i saw one of those planes for the first time and years and thought, "I wonder how they take off and land with those." Today this pops up on my recommended. So eerie.
I haven't seen one of those in years!
Great information on how this is done. I have seen planes tow banners at many ballparks because I am a baseball fan and aviation buff and always wondered how pilots set up and prepare how banners are towed from aircraft. Thanks
It’s easy to just pick a banner up and fly it in the sky and fly places like Sea Isle City, Ocean City, Atlantic City, and at the woodbine airport.
A friend of mine used to fly an AG-CAT towing a huge text banner... one day on the pickup the banner broke in half, it was pretty fun to see the messed up message.
I always loved Business and Tech Insider's videos. Very intuitive.
How interesting. I'd wondered how the pickup was done. The plane in the video reminds me of the crop dusters I see from time to time.
Back in the day my brother flew a small plane that had lights under the wings that would produce words / pictures / advertising (only for night flight of course. He did a fly over at my sisters home during her birthday - oh so many years ago! Thanks for the posting.
I love nothing more than enjoying a nice relaxing day at the beach, sun bathing and swimming only to be greeted by a MASSIVE. FUCKING. ADVERT. IN. THE. FUCKING. SKY.
Correction: "expletive" advert in the expletive sky
"You can't miss the billboard that flies by"
"creates top of the mind awareness"
"people want to get away from the big cities"
"we go to where the people are"
We wouldn't want you to escape advertising or anything.....
Very insightful video of a place that takes up people to help them
Woah that's a quite low attitude.
Adriatical *Woah, that's quite a low altitude.
woah
Adriatical .
woah i'm offended
Adriatical were you referring to me
Flying out of Westerly is actually pretty fun. We go ther to block island sometimes, and others we just fly around.
Aye I live in westerly rhode island! and i see those damn things almost everyday.
Syler conklin same
SC Vlogs Dels, hot Weiners , and cawfee milk
SC Vlogs lived in north prov used to see em once in a great while in newport
"you might have a flat tire one day, or a banner flip over, its a lot of fun..." not exactly what i would call fun but life threatening hahaha
The banner pilot was so polite that he censored himself. "You're like... 'EXPLETIVE! I have to go back around!' "
they should just do a whole bunch of drones do this and just have it positioned steady in a beach
eign You are a fuckwit
Crazy Clown good feedback
Kevin Fernandez Drones are actually pretty good at self-correcting in wind nowadays but you're right regarding the other points.
DONT GIVE THEM IDEAS
Kevin Fernandez and you say planes are not expensive?
2:29 Mans said "expletive". lel, I'm dead.
That beginning part was already cool. I thought it was attached first, on the ground, and then the plane takes off
Here in Nigeria this method is used for campaigns, my younger brother has never missed the rope but twice the banner was upside down.🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
that looks like a really dangerous climb out.
Good old days
This seems like a really fun job
Ayyyy rhode island !!! represent
Living in Rhode Island, you will even see these ads from home. Sometimes it's a smoke message and sometimes it is the banner
I live in Rhode Island and see the Geico ad all the time
Great explanation! thanks!
The state of journalism today is reflected well in the title of this video.
Expletive this!
That pilot is so cool
Would have been nice to include some pricing information on the services offered....no wait, that might be some type of 'business-related' video.
I have always wondered!
That's crazy. I would have never thought that's how they do it
Is that a Norwegian Elkhound dog at 2:35??
Looks just like my dog!
BTW, very cool video.
All this work is worth it...WENGER OUT!
I saw a plane like that today advertising the minions move lol
Kinda reminds me of the arresting cables on an aircraft carrier
I see these very guys all the time (I work at a beach in CT), the Geico add is a common sight.
Watched the operation of a banner towing company and found out it's one of the most dangerous jobs anyone can do. Very short life expectancy.
Irony is that more people watched the ads in this video then beach goers.
Who knew Gavin was moonlighting as a tow plane pilot
damn, i already wanted to go to ground school but this really motivates me!
I just saw the 1st 7 sec & now i know how, no need ro watch the rest lol
vary cool video
It's bad enough to see crooked lawyers advertising on TV but it would ruin my day to see them drumming up a "screw job" at the beach.
Lol i'm in Ct, and i see the Geico one every time i go to the beach
Why not just take off with it already attached?
I used to tow banners; the ones that Navy pilots would practice shooting their 50 cal guns!
This is the most extra way to do extra
If that airplane tows that banner dangerously in the wind, the banner would rip easily and the banner would fly upside down
Spamming the skies....for decades before Yahoo!
Banner planes are a big business here in Ocean City Maryland. Three pilots have lost their lives over the years.
This is very dangerous, In Portugal, two people died from one of these crashing on a busy beach!
Stop commenting "Why don't they just...", if there was an easier way I'm pretty sure they would use it.
Wenger Out guys risked their lives...
Someone should invest in flak guns on the beaches
Better than why the game is so hard!
Thumbnail looks like the plane is flying past a mountain upside down.
They never explained why its more dangerous than you think
Anything that needs an ad isn't good enough.
in the jersey shore area, people bring their own planes, they use durable vinyl banners (they only advertise local businesses!) that they take off with, and they're paid quite well, so i guess this only really applies to the RI area?
ADS ARE EVERYWHERE NOW!
Why not fold the banner up in the plane and then throw it out ?
Mr. President #trump2020 #keepamericagreat Cuz it doesnt fit in the plane, you would need to adapt your plane so not only the banner fits in, but it also deploys correctly... its much cheaper with a tow hook like this
Mr. President #trump2020 #keepamericagreat they are giant!
BulletSh0t Gaming I don't understand what you mean.
Lol.
They are giant, that's what they mean.
You and I are weirdos he means they're really big, and heavy, and just in general A hassle.
00:49 'people want to move away from big cities' and we bring it to them
now i know wheres wenger out banner came from
See these in Huntington Beach California every summer.
"Ahh... Finally, got out of that loud city and with that, I can relax in peace... (Sees a giant fking banner and an airplane that squeals like an air horn) Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. Here."
Shapa I'm guessing you have never seen one of these?
Ajaaha my eyes so destroyed...I can hardly noooot read such advertisments
Hi my name is Crazy Clown and I'm clearly the smartest guy here
SunMoon well I just pooped, so good for you
Well, the first 10 seconds already answer the question. It's a bit like military planes stop on carriers.
How did the banner stay vertical for people to see?
It seems the banner could twist upside down or horizontal.
0:40 Aerodynamics. Look at the white tube-like edge of the banner, it will lifts the banner vertically during the flight.
Sometime depending on the wind it will twist. This is my father the owner!!
Ever since I was a little kid and sorry I’ve been obsessed and wondering how they flew
So, how do they disconnect the banner before landing? Or do they?
That was cool. How about the smoke messages
I watched as a tow hook bounced off the ground, caught the lead rope as the pilot pulled up. The tow hook cable wrapped around the rudder horn, when the line went taunt it kicked the rudder hard over. immediate stall/spin into the ground from about 400'
expletive i cant believe i missed it
I recall these flying around in England when I was a child. I'm glad they're illegal here, now. This is what happens when you allow businesses to regulate themselves.
I've seen one of these that asked someone if they would marry them a few years ago
Didn't explain how they land and didn't explain how it stays vertical. The producer must have zoned out on this one.
Landing must be a pain
I love when they fly into the wind and just hover in mid air
This happened over the lake on the fourth of july, it looked crazy as fuck
This seems unnecessarily complicated. If i had to guess how its done, I would have thought the ads were like rolled up and connected to the bottom or back of the plane, then after takeoff the pilot just pulls some sort of cable and hook mechanism to release the ad
What company/manufacture is the plane that was shown flying? And what model?
I've heard this type of flying is some of the most dangerous a pilot can do. Flying low and slow over water. If something goes wrong, you pretty much have one place to land; the water. Unless you don't mind landing on top of a bunch of people.
Ban flying ads. We don't need these ruining our nice time at the beach
Don't be sensitive.
I'm curious as to how much it cost for the banner to be flown from the aircraft?