Comments on: Giant Electric Sign Is Carried by Plane (Apr, 1940)

By: KHarn

KHarn — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:11:54 +0000

I think that’s a Stinson Tri-Motor bi-plane. Today we think of bi-planes as being small one or two seaters, but it’s surprising how big some of those things were.

By: MaggieL

MaggieL — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:47:17 +0000

The light array for a smaller version of this gadget used to be stored in the back of an old hangar at Perkiomen Valley Airport (N10) back in the 1980′s. Dunno if it’s still there…

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:59:19 +0000

I should clarify that it was a more modern version of the system shown here. A friend said it was controlled by a MOS Technology KIM-1 evaluation board running a 6502 microprocessor, but I never investigated the claim.

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:57:40 +0000

There was one of these that flew in the San Jose, CA area in the early 80s. I too was puzzled till it got close enough to read.

By: JMyint

JMyint — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:26:58 +0000

Back in the late 70′s a company had a simular set up near where I lived. One night when walking home I could swear I saw a flying saucer, until it got directly over me and I could read it as a ad for soda.

By: Stannous

Stannous — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:20:40 +0000

The machine looks to be a very early sort of computer, no?