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AKA American Kitefliers Association

1988 Officers and Executive Committee

President Corey Jensen Wind borne Kites 585 Cannery Row Suite 105

Monterey. CA 93940

408/373-7422 (office) 408/372-7922 (home)

First Vice President Rick Kinnaird 6015 Benalder Drive Bethesda. MD 20816

301/229-1708

Second Vice President Frank Brinkman 363 Mustang Street San Jose. CA 95123

408/224-4590

Third Vice President Ed Wright 7 Clark Creek Circle Clayton , CA 94517

415/672-6486

Corresponding Secretary Earl Stokes 21316 Glen Place #12

Cupertino. CA 95014

408/996-9531

Recording Secretary Cherie McFadden Kitemakers of San Francisco 838 Grand Avenue San Francisco, CA

Treasurer Steve Rubin Wind borne Kites 585 Cannery Row Suite 105

Monterey. CA 93940

408/373-7422

Delegate at Large Cindy Edeiken (new address to be announced)

Past Presidents

Robert Price Burtonsville, MD

W.D. (Red) Braswell Manassas, VA

Bevan Brown McLean, VA

Founder Robert Ingraham 315 N. Bayard Street Silver City, NM 88061

505/538-9083

John F. (Jack) Van Gilder Seattle. WA

Miller S. Makey, Sr. Grove City, OH

Margo Brown McLean. VA

Sponsor Members Red Braswell Wood Wllis George Moran Hod Taylor

Honorary Members Melvin and Valerie Govig

AKA Mailing Address: 1 SS9 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 208S2

Regional Directors

Region 1: New England CT. NH, MA, ME, RI, VT Carl Poehler 9 Vine Street Melrose, MA 02176

617/662-6999

Region 2: New York State Jerry Gorsuch 380 Grimsby Street Staten Island, NY 10306

Region 3: Penn-Jersey NJ, PA Scott Spencer 3601 Elmertown Avenue Harrisburg. PA 17109

717/652-8470

Region 4: Mid-Atlantic DC, DE, MD, VA, WV Pete Ian uzzi 1908 Old Frederick Road Baltimore. MD 21228

3011744-47754

Region 5: South AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC,

SC, TN Charlie Henderson 3044 Anthony Drive Decatur. GA 30033

404/292-0649

Region 6: Northeast Central IN, KY, MI, OH Fred Bell 1640 Westwood Avenue Columbus,OH 43214

614/231-1559

Region 7: Northwest Central lA, IL, MN, WI AI Hargus . III 4705 W. Byron Chicago. IL 60641

312/545-9572

Region 8: Mountain AZ, CO, /D, MT, ND, NE, NM,

NV, SD, Uf, WY Scott Skinner 19630 Blue Clover Lane Monument. CO 80132

303/481-4260

Region 9: Southwest AR, KS, MO, OK, TX Richard Dermer 121 S. McFarland St illwater, OK 74074

405/372-6127 (home)

405/372-4777 (office)

Region 10: Pacific Northwest AK, HI, OR, WA, BC Rick Talbott Route I Box 256-D Banks. OR 97106

508/324-5070

Region 11: Northern Calif. Monterey Co. & North Bob McCort 801 Carson Avenue Mantexa. CA 95336

209/823-3212

Region 12: Southern Calif. South of Monterey County

Don Sch losser 8051 Dawn Circle La Palma, CA 90623

714/821-8784

Region 13: International Adrian Conn

344 Dieppe Street Windsor, Ontario Canada N8S 3V2

519/948-8819

';'!!� ifi"� ��.� ��� 1,1' � Keep Up With Kiting

Kiting is the official publication of the American Kitetliers Association (AKA). It is published six times a year--in January. March. May. July. September. and November--for the information of AKA members. member­merchants and supporters. Copyright@ 1987.

Corey Jel/seIl, AKA President Ruth E. Thaler. Editor

AKA Mailing Address: 1559 Rockville Pike Rockville. MD 20852

Editorial O.llice: 2311 18th Street NW. 3 I'd Floor Washington. DC 20009

Editorial Board Members oJ tile Editorial Hoard provide articles. lec//flical review alld advice to the editor of Kiting.

Fred Bell. Bill Bigge, Red Braswell. Bevan Brown. Margo Brown, Jon Burkhardt. Tom Casselman , Dr. Paul E. Garber, Pete Ianuzzi, Robert Ingraham, Hazel Ingraham, Nancy Keating. Arthur Kurle. Charlie Sotich. Jack Van Gilder

Submitting Articles and Photos Submissions to Kiling from AKA members are welcome.

Members are invited to submit articles about kitetlying. kitemaking and design. kiting programs and activities : announcements of upcoming events: kite plans: photographs and drawings; etc.

Please type and double-space articles for Kiting. Be sure to include sender's name and phone number.

Photos Illust be in sharp focus and may be either color or black-and-white. Color photos are especially welcome. AKA will extend membership six months to members whose photo(s) are used on the cover of Kiting. On a separate sheet of paper. please include photographer's name. date and location of event where photo was taken, name and designer of kite. and name(s) of individual(s) shown in photoes).

Send material for Kitil/g to: Ruth E. Thaler. Editor. Kiting. 2311 18th Street NW. 3rd Floor. Washington. DC 20009.

Deadlines: 10th of the month b(�/'ore the issue of publication for articles, photos and event information : 15th of the 1110nth before publication for camera-ready ads (August 10 and 15 for September issue. October 10 and 15 for No­vember issue) .

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January 1988 Volume 10, #1

In this Issue President's Letter

President's Acceptance Speech

Kite Plans-TheDKDeita

Night Flying

Boxkites Margaret Greger's Delta

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3 7 9

23 News and Notes 6,7 1988 Convention News

Calendar

1989 Convention Planning

An Aerial Treasure Hunt

Regional Reports-Region 7 Northwest Stuntflying

Wright Kite Festival

Sponsoring an AKA Convention

Executive Committee Minutes

Cover Caption

Cover pholo takell by Bill Kocfler al AKA IOlh National C 01l\'£'/1 tioll.

Correction

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Credit for the November 1987 center photo spread goes

to Gary Chrebet.

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The Prez Sez:

J hopl" l"Vl"ryone W;lS plf'ilSl"d with thl" hig flln th;lt W;lS had at the convention in D.C . . . . [ know I remember slwtches. I hope that al l the members who didn't bother to vote in the elections are scared to death. What happened to our c lub? Who is this crazy we've elected? It must be a bad dream . . . It wil l all go away . . . No . . . the insanity has only begu n .

Being president is ok. but i t sounds like an accollntants' c l u b or something. After my speech at the banquet. I heard cries o( "King" . . . "King" . . . "King ." I mllst admit that my sense of being caught up in something over my head is soothed by the thought of democratically electing a king each year. A "Ki ng of the Kitefliers" like the king of the Gypsies . . . just the th ing . Comments?

Already I've been thrashed over the su bject of businesspeople in AKA. and told that the c lub is a cliche. a joke. out of touch with the ordinary .Toe in the field . OK. one at a time . .. If you're feel i ng forgotten. Joe. why not offer to he lp at the next fly in your area? Becoming more than just a face in the crowd will let the other fliers know who you are. Sayi ng that the AKA is run by an elite clique is forgetting who [ am and what {"ve done. [ took this job despite the flying time I must sacrifice. I know . . . big deal. I sure didn't do it for the money. I think ifs an elaborate plot to get me to stay for an en tire business meeting.

As far as kite businesspeople in the AKA are concerned: many of us were fliers long before there was an industry and possibly are responsible for mllch of the integrity in herent in it (dare I say it?). Because we are lucky enough to make a living at our love. and offer the use of the structure inherent in doing business to provide a basis for the growth of the sharing aspects of organized kiting. is not reason to accuse those hard-working and largely u nder-appreciated individ uals of anything but u nselfish efforts on behalf of liS all. Thc preceding has been a rehearsed political commen t .

A n d another thing . . . attire .. . there are a lot o f you out there showing u p for flies in what can on ly be poli tely

termed "casua l wear." You know who you are! Enough! Lefs dress it up a bit. s hall we? Brooks Leffler and I and the Kenningtons et al are up to our tuxedo'd chins carrying ya·lI . Phil Castillo lias the idca--f lowing robes and bikinis (no - I promised!) . The Chicago Sky Circus has the right idea. too . What clown s! Can I be one? Let's a l l get wi Id and crazy and blow em out dere sox (er. boots) at the . 88 convention.

Speaking of baked goods . . . we won't mention who stole the rainbow warriors' bake sale idea. but. fortunately for them. the peanu t bu tter cookie fly-off h as n't crumbled u nder the weigh t of their succes s . They're hot and they're rising!

So. why can't we a l l have events like that? Wh[Jt is the magic? and the AKA cou ld stand to grow some. too . Yes . . . lefs recruit more members . .. let's broaden our [Jppeal . . . we cou l d become [J cult of wind w[Jrriors . proselytizing across the open spaces of the world. Or. . . simply pick a highly visible tlying spot (even if better exist e lsewhere) and fly there on a regu lar b[Jsis. H[Jve some AKA apps handy becau se fliers cOllie out of the closet when they see a kindred sou l . You might copy the forms in this m[Jg so as to rel i eve the naf I frol1l the expense of copying and postage.

Many communities list events as a public service. Be sure to mention the "free wind. " Be friendly . Memorize Lenny Conover's s tories on how to answer "the same old questio n s . " Send us pictures of your events and maybe we'l l make you famou s (like me).

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At the risk of starting to take mysel f too serious ly . . . let me Slim u p my thoughts with a pertinent Bidenism: Ask not 'Nhat AKA can do for you. rather. ask what YOll can do for the AKA .

In response to numerous reqllests--both for and against--and to d ispel the ugly rllmors. I h ave consented to reprint my acceptance speech elsewhere i n this issue . After reading. please send me your applause.

Keep it up!

Corey Jensen's Acceptance Speech Delivered at AKA National Convention. October 10. 1987

I [Jm touched . . . to spe[Jk to you tonight. First of all. let me thank Tllm Casselman . . . for making

it a race. My track record. ru nning unopposed. is d isappoi nti ng. to say the least.

At the Houston convention in 1 98 1 . I was the only entrant in the m[Jll u factured accessory category . If you were there, you remcmber I lost by 22 votes . With thn! kind of public support. I figured why not shoot for the top?

So. I've been st[Jving in the background .. . keepi ng quiet . . . watching and wai t ing . . . bid i ng my time . . .

When I was approached to do th is job. my initial response \Alas the same as yours . . . do I want to [J member of any club that wou l d have lIIe . . . as their president?

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The DK Delta Created by Den n is L. K ucmerowski (May I . 1986)

How to b u i l d a ki te that is cheaper t han a pen ny and is not your typical sled-style ki te?

The DK Delta is a delta without spars. Wel l. spars as in wooden or composit ion (plastic, fiber glass . etc.). The basic design concept is a very simple one and can be expanded to i nc lude various materials and sizes of kites.

Th is kite is a l ight-to-gentle-wi nd fl ier.

Materials:

I) Two sheets of newspaper (I double sheet and I single sheet) Note: using the fu n n iesl comics section makes the kite very colorfu I!

Tools:

I) Scissor 2) Ruler 3) 1/8" dowel (2' long) 4) Paper pu nch single

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2) Tape (cel lophane or masking)

To B u i ld the DK Delta (alias Comic Fl ier)

The Sail:

Step I) Lay the double sheet of newspaper on a flat surface and measure 6.5" down from the top edge (long edge) and mark on each side . as shown i n Figure I.

Step 2) Cut on l i ne "DF" and save paper (area G I FD).

Step 3) Prepare six pieces of tape approximately 2" long each .

Step 4) Take dowel and rol l the bottom left corner of the paper . at point "A" toward the top right corner . poi nt "F," using the dowel to rol l the paper on.

Rol l u n t i l the paper bei ng rol led touches poi nts "B" and "D" and tape i nto position as shown in Figure 2. Remove the dowel.

Repeat th is with the bottom right-hand corner . from poi n t "C" roll ing to the po in ts "B" and "F." and tape.

Step 5) Fold nose twice . 3/4" each fold . toward tra i l i ng edge and tape to top of sail along l ine ".I." as shown in Figure 2.

The Keel:

Step 6) Take paper cut from the sail and cut along l ine "Ell." See Figure I. This nwkes two pieces, G H E D and H I f E.

Step 7) Measure from poi n t "E" to ".T." on the sai l. If GH is longer than EJ. trim G H E D to length EJ.

Step 8 Fold poi n t "G" at 45 degree angle to poi nt "GI."

Step 9) Foldpo in t "N" to poi nt "NI." making fold l ine "LE."

Step I 0) C u t off excess piece "E H I N I " and apply tape to the seal "L N I . "

Step I I) Apply a str ip of masking tape to a l l edges of the keel. by foldi ng the tape over each edge.

Step 12) Posit ion the keel on the bottom (side without the rol led edges) side of the sai l . as shown in f igure 5. and tape from poi n t "D" to poin t "L " onto the sai l . Move the keel to the opposite side and tape from poi nt "D" to poi nt "L " securing both sides of the keel .

Step 13) Usi ng the paper pu nch . pu nch a hole i n the corner of the keel (po in t "L ").

The Spreader:

Step 14) Take saved paper "H I F E" and. using a dowel. rol l start i ng at poi n t "E I" at a s l ight angle

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Speech, continued All seriousness aside . . . the longer I thought about i t .

t h e more convinced I was that I wanted t o d o what I could to keep the AKA fun. I l i ke most of you people, and I can tolerate the rest .. at least for another year.

Before I go any further . just let me say that the rumors conce rn i ng me and Don na Rice . . . are greatly exaggerated' , !

W hich bri ngs me to my promises to you! ' ! T h is is a fun group . . . and the most fun th ing we do is

th is convention each year. I promise to do everyth i ng I can to ensure it cont i n ues! ! !

r promise that t h e AKA Neil'S (sic) w i l l get bigger and better. To that end. a l l future correspondence with "el presidente" must i nclude photos sui table for the newsletter. I will read al l you wri te. but I w i l l only answer those that i nclude pictures.

I also w i l l pri n t t he pictures of the officers and regional reps ... so you know who did what!

By the way. we are not a compla in t department ... anyone complai n i ng without offer ing constructive help will be immediately named to a commi ttee!

I n concl usion. to all you people who know me ... I promise . . . to try my best. . . not to embarrass .. . you or me!

To a l l you fol ks who don't know me . don't worry . . . I . . . . . have . . . . . everyth i ng . . . . . under . . . . . control! ! !

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Delta, continued and secure with a piece of tape to form the spreader (Fig. 6). Remove dowel: the spreader is formed in a spira l .

Step 15) Position t h e spreader on t h e top (side with the rol led edges) of the sai I. halfway between the tip point " J " and trailing edge point "E" of the sail as shown in Figure 7. Cut both ends of the spreader I /4" shorter than the inside distance between the rol led edges of the sai l .

Step 1 6) Tape spreader into position as shown in Figure 7.

The Tail:

Step 17) Take the single sheet of paper and cut into

strips approximately I I /2" wide.

Step 18) Tape the ends of the strips end to end on both sides forming a tail .

Step 19) Tape the tail to the sail in the middle of the trailing edge. point "E." taping both sides (see Figure 7).

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Wings of the Gods By Roger Chavez alld Clystai Kite Company

"They took to the sky on the wings of the gods. " What better p lace than the Yucatan Pen n i nsula , where m uch of everyday l i fe is based on the rel igious bel iefs of the gods. for a kite to represent the "wi ngs of the gods"?

I n a recen t tr ip to the Yucatan Pen n i nsu la. the staff of Crystal K i te Co. made a wonclerous discovery. Tn the far reaches of the Yucatan ju ngle, among the smal l Mayan v i l lages. we discovered ki tes being flown above the dense jungle. We stopped i m mediately and went in search of the kitefliers. A walk th rough a sma l l Mayan v i l lage led us to a group of ch i ldren, carefree and happy to be flying their handmade ki tes.

Our admi ration and love of kites seemed to cross the comm u n ication barriers of language. The ch i ldren appeared to know exactl y why we had stopped and were eager to show us their kites. made of bamboo and plastic bags with tai ls made of fabric t ied i n to bows.

These ch i ldren l ive with the dai l y real i zation of poverty. where toys are a l uxury. The one toy these ch i ldren chose to make for themselves was a kite.

We can on ly i magine that they chose kites for the same reason you ng and old a l ike have chosen kites for centuries--A kite offers the freedom to soar with the eagles. feel the peace of bei ng part of the clear blue sky and perhaps. i n th is part icular part of the world. "to take to the sky on the wings of the gods."

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New Kite Clubs A wnrm welcome and wishes for good wi nds to members of

the fol lowi ng new kite c lubs :

Space Coasl Kite Club c/o Sheri Taylor 408 Meadowlark Lane Satel l ite Beach, FL 32937 3051777 - L 396 or

Ki te World 1 09 S. M i ramar Avenue Incl int lant ic , FL 32903 305/725-8336 or

Sydney C. Tibbie 1 943 Bradwny Street NW Palm Bay, FL 32905

ABCD Kilefliers of Sonoma County c/o George Maurer 700 Cecel ia D rive Glen El len. CA 95442 (new members wanted)

Rockford Area Kite Klub 40 I 0 Pi necrest Rond Rockford, IL 6 1 1 07

Rocky Mnuntain Kite Co. c/o Russe l l Erganbright P. O. Box 3286 Litt leton, CO 80 1 6 1

John Kelley Joh n Kel ley died March 28. the day of a kite festival

in B urke. VA, wh ich he had plan ned to attend to fly a sma l l kite . He is survived by h is wife Sue Via Kel ley and their son.

Maryann Golden Maryann Golden of Vernon, CT died i n November 1985 as

a resu l t of a car accident. (We regret the lateness of th is an nouncement. )

A Quick, Compact and Cheap Kiteline Winder By Jack Van Gilder Reprinted with permission from the Washington Kile.f7iers Associafioll Newslelfer

We nil know thnt tht'rt' i<; no l1C"rf('('1 kifC"line f("el. hilt this one gives you tlexibility of size and shape. while being quick, compact and cheap.

We all have sticks lying around: I 18th-inch dowels window shade bamboo. shish-kebab skewers. etc. Same with corrugated cardboard. Just cut string winder to desired shape with corrugations aimed in the same direction as the string will be wound. Insert a few strategically placed sticks and close the ends with a good. tough tape. The idea here is to stiffen the winder so it will not collapse under the pressure of many winds of string.

Night Flying By Charlie SOlich Reprinted with permission of the author from Sky Lilles. June-July 1987

Light-weight Delta Conyne This kite was designed to be used for night flying.

Delta wings were chosen for efficiency. Curvature of the slack center panel would make a good light reflector if made of silver Mylar. Two triangular cells replace the normal delta keel and the front spar is used for mounting a light to shine on the curved reflector.

Materials required 1/2 mil Mylar 48" x 80", any color 1/2 mil silver Mylar 24" x 24"

5 3116" x 36" wooden dowels 2 3116" x 48" wooden dowels 2 114" x 48" wooden dowels 2 3116" ID x 2" aluminum tubing 2 3/16" ID x 2" flexible plastic tubing

The I 12 mil Mylar sail material is light but strong enough.,.The 54" leading edge spars are made by splicing 36 and 18 inch lengths of dowel together. Do this by using a 2" length of 3116" ID aluminum tubing and epoxy gluing it to the 18" spar.

A glue that works well with Mylar is contact cement. The water-based type is more convenient for thinning down to a working consistency. Clear plastic tape can also be used to adhere Mylar to Mylar. Slit the center of the

plastic tubing to put on the leading edge spars to hold the spreader bar in place. Put this tubing in place before sealing the leading edge in the sail.

Night Kites What? Fly kites at night when it's dark and the wind is

hardly blowing? It can be done and it can be fun. The wind after sunset is usually light, so kites need to be

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square foot. The basic kite dec;ign should be efficient for low \\·irid.

Deltas and their variations are the best and generally tly when nothing else will stay up. The opposite extreme would be cellular kites which require strong winds.

Big kites of a given sail loading fly better than small ones. They generate more lift so are better able to carry the weight of attached lights. Because the sun isn't heating up the ground. night breezes are smoother. They are less gusty and turbulent than during the d ay. and stability is less critical. Spars can be smaller since

they don't need as large a safety factor. Flying lines can

also be lighter. Gusts aren't going to cause a sudden pull on the line so you don't need reserve strength. Lighter line. besides reducing weight, also cuts shown on line drag so the kite will fly at a higher angle.

When breezes are light near the ground. they may be stronger aloft. You are likely to have more success keeping your kite up if you start with a long line out and work with whatever wind is available. Tails and drogues should be minimized.

Just use common sense and you should be able to get a kite up after sundown.

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Windy City '88 This Year's Convention Site By AI Hargus III

Ch icago is a c i ty known for famous and infamous names . Carl Sandbur g called C h icago "the city of the big shoulders ." Some people cal l Ch icago the "Windy City." though that usually refers to our pol i t icians. rather than our weather conditions . Chicago's names range from AI Capone and John D i l l inger at one extreme to Mother Cabrini. the first American saint. at the other.

We have the tal lest bui lding in the world. the Sears Tower, and the l argest Post Office bui l ding in the world, though that probably means there are more places for your mai l to get lost! The Atomic Age started in Ch icago with the first sustained nuclear reaction at the Univers i ty of Chicago in 1 942 . We boast the first traffic l ights and the first traffic jams. After that. we invented the first parking meters .

In 19 1 6. Carl Sandburg cal led Ch icago "the Hog Butcher of the World." The old Chicago Stockyards are long gone. but in the last week of Septcmber 1988. the C h icagoland SkyLiners kite club wi l l invite "Sky Hogs" (that's Ch icago-l ingo for stunt-kite fliers) and kiters of AKA to "Windy City '88." the 1 1th Annual National Convention. from September 28 - October I. 1 988 in Schaumburg. I l l inois. The convention s i te i s just 35 minutes from the Loop (that's what we C h icagoans cal l our downtown area) and 1 5 minutes from O'Hare International Airport (the busiest airport in the world. by the way).

The convention center w i l l be in the beautiful. four-star Hyatt Regency Woodfield (not a large hotel . wh ich wi l l keep the room rates low). directly across from Woodfield shopping mal l (the largest indoor shopping mal l in the world). There are 830.000 square feet of flying field just five minutes' walk from the convention hotel. and that's not counting the two square mi les of field at Ned Brown Woods, just two minutes' drive from the hotel. There wi l l be no lack of flying fields at Windy City '88.

Though we claim the tit le "Windy City." we aren't the windiest (about 10th or II th in the nation). Al l Madame Booga Booga.CSL ' s weather coordinator. promises you is weather (whether or not) . She has made no prediction of wind speeds: the magic spel l she and the Wizard are concocting i s not finished yet! Temperatures traditiona l ly are in the 50s in the Ch icago area in early October. If you bel ieve the old saying. "If you don't l ike the weather in C h icago, wait five minutes and· i t' l l change." come prepared with both long johns and a bathing suit.

Great th ings are in store for AKA's 1 1 th Annual get-together. As you may have noticcd. an extra day has been added to the convention. For those who plan to make a vacation out of your v is i t to Chicago by arriving early. we have arranged ci ty tours of al l sorts. Lots of fun. games and "secret stuff" wi l l make your trip to Windy City . 8 8 a memorable one.

Chal lenges abound at AKA conventions. C h icago's Windy Ci ty '88 w i l l be no exception. Elmer Whartoll, AI Hargus and Skye Morrisoll are planning another Costume Chal lenge (mayh� �ven a costume hal l?). The Ch ic<lgo fire stunt kite

team wi l l offer the "Godzil la Chal lenge." Ray Merry wi l l hold the "Limbo El iminator" and wi l l take on all

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Hyatt Regcl1cy Wood./icld. 1988 AKA cOl1l'el1liol1 hOlcl. I'ho/O

by AI Hargus III. Chicagolol1d Sky Lil1ers.

chal lengers . The SkyLiners w i l l i ssue a "Club Chal lenge." requiring kite c lubs to participate as a group in the even! . Many other chal lenges and fun stuff w i l l be coming out of the "Ch icago Skunk Works ." to i ssue a chal lenge to the rest of the AKA at Windy City '88. send deta i l s to the SkyLiners c/o AI Hargus III. no later than Februal1' 10, 1988, so that i t can be l isted in the next i ssue of Kilil1g.

Now comes the tradit ional request for ass istance. I t takes a lot of people to put on a convent ion. We hnve plenty of jobs for volunteers (the p<ly may be low. but we offer on-the-job trai ni ng, with no experience necessnry). We w i l l need help on the fielc l-- join SKAT (the Special Kites and Tactics Team). field safety and ki te pol ice: ancl inside--runners, cash iers and spotters at the auction. To help out. cal l or write convention chairman Jjm Miller (312/642-8692) and say. ''I'd l ike to help ou! ." We wi l l f i nd a job for you!

The Auction committee. headed by Pat Daly, asks that a l l AKA members th ink about the 1 988 auction now. Special k i tes. gadgets. gizzies. and assorted winter projects are welcome for sale at the l ive auction. s i lent auction and especial ly the new Flea Market. For advance auction info. contact: Pat Daly. 312/764-8432.

We promise not to leave you in the c lark about Windy City '88. Each of the next four issues of Kiting wil l contain more information and deta i l s on the II t h Annual AKA Convention. �

Largest. best. biggest. first. most famous. or most infamous! Terms you' l l hear plenty of in the next s ix months . Why. you wi l l know so much about Ch icago. you wi l l th ink you are coming home (and that's the way we want you

to feel.) Al l the gang from C h icago really h as to say is. "You

Better Be Dere!"

Behavior of Boxkites By John Loy

Some yt"a rs ago . when I was resid i ng i n Tokyo . I constructed a s i m ple boxkite of two cubic cel ls i n tandem which I flew from the roof of my apartment b u i l d i n g . My housekeeper remarked . " We don't make k i tes l i ke that i n Japan." To th i s day . I don't k now whether s h e mea n t that she had not seen such a k i te or w h ether she meant that I shouldll'l make such a' k i te i n Japan. I suspect the la t ter mean i ng was what she i n te nded. It is a c u rious anomaly that the largest s i ngle col lection of a n i m mense va r iety of boxki tes reposed i n the laboratories of Professor Ts u tom u Hiroi with i n a 30-m i n ute drive of my res idence. H i roi-san used construction of i n novative boxkites by h i s students o f arc h i tecture . t o pol i s h their concepts o f three-dimensional forms ( a n Engl i s h ed i t ion o f o n e of h i s books i s ava i lable, Kiles. Random House, U S A . 1978. I recom mend it h i g h l y and, i n addi t ion . i t is a work of art) .

Boxk i tes have been a favori te of m i ne s i nce c h i l d h ood . but I l i ved i n a sma l l town i n Kansas where portabi l ity was not a problem. Fortu nately for u rban dwel lers . box k i tes can be constructed to be demou n table and red uced to a manageable package. S uch con struction is not . i n itse l f. d i fficu l t . b u t i t i s t i m e-con s u m i n g . Th u s . the prospective fl i er wants to feel confident that the creation wi l l fly rel iabl y , espec ia l ly if i ts des ign is i n n ovative. Confidence rel ies on u nderstand i ng the bas ics of behavior of boxk i tes . both good beh avior and bad behavior.

With a boxki te i n hand at the fly i n g area . the first step i s to get the t h i n g lofted i n the ava i lable wi nd. A Iypical weight for the box k i te is a b i t more than 1.0 ounce per square foot of s urface area (say . 33 gra ms per 1.000 sq. cent imeters). T h i s gross rat io is not a correct bas is for assess i n g req u i red veloc i ty of wind. For example . assume that the cubic cel l ef F i g . 2 has a bas ic di mension of 1.0 foot. The gross area is then 4.0 sq. ft. We h ave to con s ider the projecled area . as shown, to get at the equ ivalent s urface w h ich w i l l in tercept the w i n d for l i ft. I t is 2 . 8 s q . ft. i n this case o f a cubic cel l a l igned on a d iagonal . T h u s . the effective rat io is 1.4 oz. per sq. ft. i n stead of 1.0.

A k i te of single s u r face . SlIch 11<; a <:imph' two-stirkrr or a delta, has a typical weight . say . of 20 g. per 1 . 000 sq. cm or about 0.66 oz. per sq. ft. . ha lf the u n i t wei g h t o f a box k i te. Lift var ies preci sely as the squ are of t h e wind velocity. Therefore . if the re lat ive ly flat k i te wi l l just fly on 3.5 k nots . the boxki te o f th i s exam ple wi l l need 5.0 knots: perhaps more i f the cel l s are not wel l spaced. A wind of 5.0 knots provides twice the force of a 3.5-knot wind.

We don't have to stick to cubic cel l s . wh ich have a low aspect-ratio and are relat ively inet11cie nt. Before the turn of the cen t u ry . Hargrave of Au stra l ia experi mented with rectangular planes of h ig h aspect-ratios and wh ich const i tuted rectangu lar cel ls by way of the vertical slIrfaces at the sides. or fin-nrt"a. The rectanglllnr cel l i n Fig. 2 has an aspect rat io of 2.0. the chord bei ng one-half the span. If we fu rther i ncrease the span for a

s m a l l i ncrease in l i ft-efficiency, we l i kely m u st i ncrease the weight (strengt h ) of the long spars al so. Moreover. the fi n-area w i l l become a smal l er proportion of the l i ft-area . u n l ess the vertical spread between the two p lanes is a lso expanded. add i n g a b i t more weight. My opi n ion is that goi ng for aspect-ratio h igher than 2.0 or 3.0 i s a m argi nal proposit ion. to say noth i n g of portabi l i ty .

Regard less of one's opi n ion . the fact seems to be that, d uri ng a year . a m ajority of days does not provide a wind of as m uch as 5.0 knots . even i n " torn ado a l ley" where I res ide. Is i t practical to con struct a box k i te wh ich wi l l l a u nch and fly a t s ign ifi cant ly less than 5.0 knots? Fig. 3 presents a quant i tative bas i s for arr i v i ng at the a nswer. After obta i n i n g the data on l i ft for a cubic cel l ( i n d i agon a l a l i g n ment) . I cut away one-th i rd of the surface from the tra i l i n g edges. a l l arou nd. The res u l ti ng cel l had an aspect-ratio of 2. I. com pared to 1.4 for the ori g i n a l c u b i c vers ion . The l ift i ncreased about 20% per u n i t of projected area at an att i tude of 20° . Some of th is i m provemen t u ndou bted l y resu l ted from "ope n i n g liP" the cel l . rather than solely from h igher aspect-rati o . s i nce the span was u nchanged. W h i le th i s is in the r ight d i rection . the magn itude of the i m provement may not be decis ive. The weight per u n i t area wou ld not dec l i ne and wou ld tend to i ncrease as I earl ier i nd icated. The answer to the q uestion apparent ly re l ies on i nd iv idua l sk i l l in con struction and choice of materials. (For the tec h n ica l ly m i nded . l i ft i s l i near with the s i necos i n e fu nction of the atti tude in the range s h ow n . Curvature appears when p lotti ng the d ata aga i n s t att i tude in degrees.)

F i g. 3 is based on a veloci ty of 8.6 k nots . a standard to wh ich I adhered with the w i nd-tu n nel. Table 1 out l i nes what the l i ft wou l d be at var ious other veloc i ties of poss ib le i n terest. Jus t ass u m e that we h ave bu i l t a boxkHe wei ghi ng o n l y 1.0 oz. per square foot of effective

TABLE 1 Velocity and Lift Conversion

V, knots MPH Lift MultiElier

10.0 11.50 1,35 8.6 �.90 1.00 7.0 8.05 0.663 6.0 6.90 0.487 5.0 5.75 0.338 4.0 4.60 0.216 3.5 4.02 0.166 3.0 3.45 0.122

surface with an aspect-ratio of 2.1. At , say . 2 0u

att i tude . the k i te probably won't fly on a 5.0 k n ot wi n d . The l i ft at 8.6 k nots i s about 2.4 oz . per sq. ft. and at 5.0 k n ots . 0.8 oz. (2.4 t i m es 0.3 3 8 from Col. 3 i n Table I). Howeve r . if we br id le this k i te to a n attitude of 30° .

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Boxkites , continued then we' re in busi n ess . It is u p to i ndivid ua l fliers to judge from experience both how l ight and how stu rdy construction shou l d be for cond i t ions in the ir areas . There are other var iables of des ign which are m uch more i m portant than aspect-rat io .

I n ta ndem assembl ies . an aft cel l catches the downwash or wake from a forward cel l . Downwi n d i n g s u bstan t ia l l y red uces t h e l i ft o f t h e aft cel l . W i t h a few excel)tiolls . most box k i tes o f tandem elements h ave the cel l s too closely spaced . O m itt in g weight for the moment, i t ' s easy to i ncrease the spac ing u n ti l the aft cel l i s independen t . T h e trouhle i s t h a t the craft prohably won ' t n y ! The reason wi l l be absence of pi/ch-coll/rol. There i s no such th i n g as perfect balance in construct ion . and even less perfect are wind condi tion s . A k i te osci l lates in a pitc h i n g motion as it l i tera l l y h u n ts for the mean poi n t of ba lance as establ i s hed by i nteraction a mong the towing poi n t . cen ter of gravi ty . and center of pressu re . What makes th is necessary motion poss i b le i s that the center of pressu re moves forward with sha l lower attitude and moves aftward with steeper atti tude . This relation s h i p i s i n herent i n the u n soph i st icated forms which we employ for k i tes and fortu nate ly so . Figu re 4 i l l ustrates th is pitch i n g mot ion for a two-cel led box k i te . Many fl iers seem not to observe thi s motion becau se they are faci n g the k i te . If someone else wi I I hold the fl y ing l i n e . or e lse tie it to a stake . the flier ca n spot the motion by wal k ing arou n d for a s ide view with binoc u l ars , if the wind cooperates .

The observations i n Table 2 show . pretty decis ive l y . what occ u rs as spaci ng between tandem cel l s is varied .

Chordal Spacing

-1-. 0-

1 . 5

2 . 0

3 . 0

4 . 0

TABIE 2 Effect of Tandem Cell Spac ing on Towing Point , Attitude , and Pitch C ontrol

Towing Point as Fraction of Spacing

-0 . 10* 0 . 0 0 . 1 0 0 . 26 0 . 33 0 . 40 0 . 27 0 . 33 0 . 20 0 . 25 0 . 30 0 . 40 0 . 20 0 . 33 0 . 42 0 · 50 0 . 1 5 0 . 25 0 . 38 0 . 50

Degrees Attitude Remarks � pitch £1 . 50

24 ± 1 . 00 , occasionally wider 31 ± 2 . 00 34 :!: 5 . 00 45 :!: 5 . 00 begin instability 47 . 5est. :!: 7 . 0 unstable 26 :!: 2 . 00 J4 :!: 5 . 00 20 ± 2 . 00 22 24 32 1 9 22 . 5 28

o 1 2 1 8

t 5 . 0° begin instabili ty t 2 . 00 :!: 3 . 00 ± 5 . 00 out of control " weathervane" ± 1 00 ± 4: 00 unsteady out of control

"*TP forward of trailing edge of forward cell .

Spad n g i s measu red as chordal spac i n g . A chordal spac ing of 1 . 0 means that the d i sta n ce between the trai l i ng edge of the forward ce l l to the lead i n g edge of the art ce l l i s equ iva lent to the d i mension of 1 . 0 chord . Note t hat the usual spac ing of 1 . 0 p rovides a very good pitch -control u p to a pretty steep att i tude. Th is c lose spac i n g is adverse

to l i ft-efficiency but on the other hand res u l ts in more rel iabi l i ty i n a scr u ffy wind .

J n extreme case of a spac ing of 4 . 0 . as the att i tude . t 1 8° I Ilcreases to a JOllt , the aft cel l becomes i n dependent . Therefore . the cen ter of pressu re gets s tuck in the center of the structu re . Moreover . the center of pressu re wou ld be on or very close to the center of grav i ty , and that ' s poison for any k i te .

Kind ly bear i n m i nd that my method o f s uspension o f a model i n the wi ndtu n ne l , for th i s k i n d of test , e l i m i nates the weight of the k i te and i ts center of gravity as factors . I want to k now the true cen ter of pressll re and do someth i n g l ater about the cen ter of gravi ty . if n ecessary . I do not say that a s i m p l e , tandem box ki te of chordal spac i n g of 4 . 0 w i l l not fl y . i f there i s enough wind to get it t i l ted to an att i tude i n t h e range of 12_ 15° . Yet . i f the w i n d is strong , why bother with such wide spaci ng?

It seem strange to me that th is very i m portant cri terion of pitch -control i s not so m ilch as ment ioned in any of the books on k i tes w h ich rest on my shelf. Perhaps we should al locate a bi t more d i scuss ion to p i tch -con trol so that we are all q u i te clear on its mec h a n i s m and its s ign ificance . Table 2 con ta i ned observations on how spaci n g of tandem cel l s relates to tow i n g poi n ts , atti tude and p i tch i n g . A s i ng le cel l a l so possesses i ts own characterist ic behavior . as n icel y s hown i n Fig. 5 for a cubic cel l i n d i agon a l a l i g n m e n t . Note the sen s i t iv i ty . F o r i nstance , w i t h att i tude c lose t o 20° , a va r iation o f o n l y 3 . 0 % i n towi n g poi n t causes a change of 1 .5° i n att i tude . U n m easu red fr ictional forces or d rag from b l u n t edges of spars and g u y s nat u ra l l y ca use t h e att i tude to be steeper than wou l d be the case for the theoretical " t h i n . flat p lane . " This movement of center of pressu re with i n the cel l i tse l f certa i n l y i s he l pfu l to the behavior of tandem con structions . but u s u a l l y not as strong a va riahle as spac i n g and com petit ion between center of gravi ty and center of pressu re for dom i nance .

To rou n d off t h e d iscuss ion o f pitch -control , F i g . 6 i l l u strates how forces i n teract to effect balance for a s i m pl e tandem model of two cel l s . The k i te ' s weigh t . wh ich i s centered i n th i s i nstance . i s tryi n g to tu rn the k i te cou nter-clockwi se and has a pretty long lever arm by which to do i t . The center of press u re of the wind-force . F , i s wel l forward . corresponding to a mean att i tude of 25° . l et us say . I n th i s approx i m ate i l l ustration . the l ever arm for F i s only one-fi fth as long as the arm for W . Eviden t l y . the w i n d force m u st be five t i mes the weight of the k i te for balance i n t h i s case . The post ure s hown i s momentary . Osci l l at ion wi l l occ u r as prev ious ly ment ioned .

It wou l d be better if we were located more forwa rd but not enough to overtake the pos it ion of F. The k i te wou ld be more respons ive a n d wou ld ach ieve t h e des i red atti tude more eas i l y , s u i t i n g wind condi t ions at the t i m e . With W so far aft of the center of press u re . the k i te wi l l d roop to an excessively steep att i tude if the w i n d s lacke n s . The center of pressu re a l so wi l l m i grate aftward . but often not enough to correct the postu re . I f a stronge r gust of wind now catches the k i te at i ts excess ive ly steep atti tude . a severe yaw may resu l t and somet i mes a l oop . wh ich i s the outcome of a bad yaw . T h i s can h appen to the

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best of k i tes i n adverse wind cond i tions . Al l th i n gs considered . it seems to me that . for tan dem construct ions . it is preferable not to go beyond a spac ing of two chords between cel ls .

What we may ca l l the vertical spaci ng of the l i ft­surfaces of a cel l i s someth i ng else again . The head-on view of a rectangu lar cel l in F ig . 2 i s an exa m ple of a gap of 1 . 0 chord . The flow of the a i rstream i n a ce l l ' s in terior i s a tu rbu lent mess . Fran k l y . I don ' t have a quanti tative measu re of how " open " a cel l shou ld be fQr the wind to have u n tram m eled access to the w indward s ide of the u pper pane l . I do k now that a gap of 1 . 0 chord is not qu i te enough . However . i ncreas i ng the gap enco u n ters l i m itations sim i lar to i nc reas i n g aspect-ratio . namely . u n it weight i ncreases as m uch as or m ore than l i ft . Stu rdy construction also become more of a problem . Yet . i f t he fl ier wan ts a rectangu lar cel l (s) of h igh aspect-ratio of more than 2 . 0 . t hen i t i s essent ia l to increase the gap . proportionate to the cord . T h e reason i s t o provide enough fi n-area . the s ides of the cel l bei ng the fi n s . I have a ru le of t h u m b that fi n -area shou ld be not less than one-ha lf the ll rell of the l i ft-su rface . The i dea l hreeze of a wi nd-tu n nel does n ' t offer any c l ue as to how m uch fi n -area i s req u i red as a m i n i m u m . My ru le of th u m b comes from outdoor experience with scru ffy wi nds : somet i mes . I ' ve wished for more fi n -a rea .

In the absence of quant i tat ive data on 11 rectangu lar cel l of h igh aspect- ratio . we can a t least look a t observations of flat rectangles and make a judgment of how they wou ld perform in a cel l of a boxk i te . At an att i t u te of 20° and veloci ty of 8 . 6 k nots . a flat rectang le of 2 . 0 aspect-ratio exh i bi ts a l i ft of 3 .6 oz . per sq . ft . I ncreas ing the aspect-ratio to 4 . . 0 i m p rove the l i ft to 4 . 3 oz . per sq . ft . Us ing the l atter for a box cel l i mpl ies that the vertica l gap shou ld b e equ i va lent to two chords . so that the fi n -area wi l l be at l east ha l f of the l i ft-surface area . With a vertical gap of that magn i tude . I am pretty certa i n that the pai r of rectangles wi l l perform a s wel l a s they d o s ing ly . and the lower o n e m ight even do a b i t better . I f a boxk i te com posed of such h igh aspect-ratio cel l s can be constructed to weigh no more than 1 . 0 oz . per sq . ft . of effect ive area . it wou ld fly on a wind of on ly 4 . 2 knots . That ' s sca rce ly more than a bri s k wal k . The cha l lenge is i n teresti ng . i f jus t for the fu n of i t .

Up to now , d i scuss ion concentrated on ta ndem constructions because they are u sefu l to descr ibe the fu ndamentals of behavior . I o m i tted a d rawback : they aren ' t very pretty . are they? Placi ng e i ther a m i nor or major proportion of cel l s in latera l arra ngement is what provides an u n l i m i ted ra nge of var iety for the con struction of stri k i ngly beau ti fu l box k i tes . The s k y ' s t he l i m i t . l i teral l y . There i s an add i t iona l d i viden d . Latera l ly-placed cel ls usua l l y h ave l ess o f a b u rden of downwi nd ing . or none at a l l . from ce l l s forward of them . My wi nd-tu n nel has a d iameter of fou r feet . wh ich is not enough to accommodate box k i tes of wide span . but testi n g o f t h i s sort does not seem necessary . A s i nd icated i n the previous paragraph . i f the vertical spac i ng between l i ft-su rfaces i s generous . one can esti m ate beh avior from behavior of flat forms . Bes ides . there ' s not m uch poi n t i n

goi n g overboard o n quantitative cons iderations u n less the wi nd cooperates . wh ich i t seldom does .

for someone b u i ld i n g a fi rst boxk i te . I�u t not a fi rst k i te . what to do? W ith al l due respect . 1 u rge the newcomer to refer to what' s been done successfu l ly in the past . Defer the i n n ovation . wh ich can be very reward ing . u n ti l the second or th i rd con struction . The book of H i roi . prev ious ly c i ted . is one of the best references . bu t by no means over look C l i ve Hart ' s Kites: Al l Historical Sl/ Iw.'v (Faber and Faber. Ltd . , London ) . Paraph ras i n g a cu rre n t advert isement for a particu lar cred i t card . " Don ' t stay home without them . " Many box ki te en th u s iasts . after w i n d i n g li p the stage of convent ional construction s . wan t t o d o thei r own t h i n g . Th i s i s great , but t h e i n novator had better be ph i l osoph ica l abo u t some proportion of fa i l u res . Of those . I ' ve had aplt'nty . In every c(lse . the blooper ignored i n some way the appropr iate t reatment of fu ndamenta l s of natu ral behavior . as descr ibed above . S i nce the d iagnos is of bad behavior teaches more than the mere observation of good behavior . to fol low are a few words on bad behavior .

A k i te may exh ib i t any one or a l l of th ree basic motions : (1) Pitching--a m i ld degree of i t i s i n herent and necessary . (2) Rnlling--ei ther a one-s ided or osci l lati n g motion arou nd t h e longi tud i na l ax is . (3) Yawing--the bane of k i tedom ; the pend u l u m - l i ke Illotion from side to side wi th the flying l ine as axi s . I t i s the precu rsor of a loop or spi n .

Excessive p i tch i n g i s d i ffi c u l t to identi fy i n ou tdoor fly i ng because th i ngs happen too qu ick ly and the tl ier is

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Convention photo available ..... We can't believe he got th� whol� thing!

The 1987 AKA convention photograph is "big, beatitifu l and ready for purchase! " The< whole 8'r by 60!' photo is full of people and kites . Oscar Bailey reported that his antique cirkuf· camera.worked just fine once again . The price this year for a whole five feet worth of AKA COllVention kites and kiters is only $30 .per photo and$5 packing and handling. One $5 payment wilI cover . shipping and . handling for any number of pri nts; in the same package to the same address . < To rec.�iye a copy of this >magnificent memellfo .of the . 1 987 AKA convention . use the forntbelow t? ¥ontact Oscar Bailey, Route 2 , Box 1007 , Burnsville, NC:28714, Pleqse send . . . copies of the 1987AKA Cpllve11lidn. Pllo(ograph 01 $30 eacb, plus $5packing aTld shipp{!1/r!or aTly number ojprinfS in the same package [0 the sanw address. to;

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St. Paul Winter Carnival Kite Fly*

3rd An,nual Valentine's DIl)' Kite-Powered Sklnnd Sled Races. Erie . PA. Sponsored by Spectrum Fl ight. Contact Lee Sedgwick. 8 IA!864�J26 1 . or Sue Taft 8 1 4/864-05 1 I:

Hearts and Flowers Fly. ContaCt Charlie 'Sotich, 312/735- 1 J53

Kite Retreat with B i ll Lockhart . Betty Street and Maryland Kite Society . Greak Oak Landi ng. Chestertown . Mp. Check if accom modations still avai lable at 30 11778-2 1 00

CSL Informal Fly or Workshop; Contact CSL

International Biccntennia l Kite Fly, Lau n ceston . Tasmania*

CSL InformaI FI�' and Birthday Party at Cricket IJ iH. M6ntrose and the La ke. C hicago . IL. Contacl J i m Miller . j 1 2 /642- 8692

2nd Annual Texas Gulf Coast Stunt Kite Coml)(:>tition. Beach at Surfside near Galveston Island and r·reeport. TX. FOll r u nclassed events-�l n d i vidual Precl,sioll F lying . Team Precision ]�Iy ing. Individual Ballet. .T u nior I ndiv idual Flying . Contact Terry Ct'u nlpler , S urfside Flyers C lub . 409/265-0868. or Texas Challenge ,88 , . ,c/o Surfside Flyers , PO Box S I S, Clute . TX 7753 1

Stone Motmtaiu Endurance Fly*

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Annual Kite Fly . National Colonial Farm . Accokeek . MD. Contact park office , 30 1 /2 83·'2 1 U

National Kite Week,. Contact Margo Brown . 6636 Kirkley Avenue. McLean . VA 22 10 1 , 703/893-38 86

Smiths�mian Kite Festh'al . Wash ington . DC* . Contact Margo Brown . 6636 Kirkley Avenue . McLeaIl . VA 220 1 . 703/89J-J886 .

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Kitt'fest . River. Onks Park. between Corll stockand Galesburg . MI. Contact John Cosby . Kala mazoo County Pnrks Department. 6 1 6/3 83-877.�

Kiwa nis 2nd Annual Kite Fly . Minnesota*

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SkyLi ners . KSW. EAA, Oshkosh . WI . Non -competit ive k i te tly and camp-out. Contact Chuck Larsen . education d i rector. EEA Aviation Fou ndation . 4 1 4/426-4800

4th Annual Kite Flying Contest, Oakside Commu n ity Park . B iglerv ille . PA. Contact Joan Bucher. 7 1 7/334- 1 73 8

m i d-month Experimental Aviation Associa tion Fly, Osh kosh . WI*

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Kite Fly, Ned Brown Woods or Lis l e . IL. Con tact CSL

East Coast Stunt Kite Championship, Wildwood . NJ

Sky Circus 88--Com pre h ensive kite j udgi ng. ci rcu s theme contest . Arvey Fiel d . downtown C h icago . IL. Contact Joh n Karel. 3 1 2 /627-7648 . for festiva l i n fo : AI Hargus . 3 1 2/545-9572

1 2 Ned Brown Woods Carnival, Ned Brow n Wood s . I L. Contact CSL

1 8- 1 9 Pic-a-Patch Kit�s 3rd Annual Kite Festival, West Port . VA . Contact Richard of Jeri , 206/268-0877

30 St. Paul Winter Carniva l . Lake Phalen . St. Pau l. MN . Kiteflying byMinnesota Kite Society . Contct J i m Og l ulld . 6 1 2/476-206 1

J u ly Black Ships Festival , Newport. RI*

August

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Kite Aerial Photography World,vide Association Centennial, LaBrugiere . France

North Coast Stunt Kite Games-- i n ter-regional "j ust for fu n " stu n t kite games. fly and cam p-ou t. Mau mee Bay State Park . To ledo . OH . Con tact AI "The Wizard " Hm'gus . 3 12/545-9572 (Region 7) : Fred Bel l . 6 1 4/23 1 - 1 559 (Region 6) : Uncle W i l bert. 4 1 9/537-7036 (Toledo info) Farm Fly . Rockford . IL*

Kite Fly, Toronto . Canada*

Kite Fly . Long Beach . WA*

27-2 8 Midwest Novice Stunt Kite Competitions, Ned Brown Woods . Schatl JUln1 rg, IL. Pr(!Jiminary n at iona l com petit ions for dual - l i ne stunt k i tes . i ndividual and team con)petitions (AKA national ru les system) . Contact A I Hargus I II . 3 1 2 /545-9572 : Eric Wolff. 3 1 2/327-681 4

September Mots Festival , W i lwa u kee . WI*

SUllfest Kite Fly . Ocean City . MD*

2-5 West Coast StUllt Kite Championships*

Dayton Air Force Base Fly*

1 7 Riverfront Kite Festival , Harriet Is land . MN*

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AKA ] Hit Arumal Convention, Scha u m bu rg . I L* (Ch icago Area) . Contact J i m Miller. 3 1 2/642-8692

Mickey Mouse Kite Fly . Cric ket H i l l. C h i cago . IL. Contact AI Harg u s . " The Wizard . " 3 1 2/545-9572

*ASleri5'ks re.(l,·cl.ilef1ls for which ollly Ihe i/(/i)rmalion shown orril'ed by Ihe deadline for Ihis i.'iSlU· of Ki t ing . Anyol/" wilh .Ii/rlhe/, delails 011 Ihese ('v,'/1fs is ash'd 10 s('IId Ih,' it�/;)J'11Ialiol/ 10 Kit ing Call.'lIdar, c/o Rlllh E. nlalL'/'. Edilor 23 1 1 1 81h Slr,'('1 NH.'. 3rd noo/', Wi/sllingloll . DC 20009. Deadlilll.' .101' March 1 988 issue: February 1 0. Please Iypl.' ;/(101'171(11;01/ alld ./c)/Iol1' Ihe lc}f'Illal above !f possible.

Boxkites , continued faci ng the kite . 1 would not expect excessive p i tch ing to be a problem with a boxkite, which normal ly does not react as qu ickly as a s ingle-surface kite .

Rol l i ng general ly i s the resu l t of topheavi ness ; the center of grav i ty i s at or above the center of pressu re . The obvious c u re i s to use heavier spars i n the lowermost spines . or e lse add a bit of l i ft-s u rface to upper panels . A boxkite that i s topheavy someti mes may continue to fly , b u t partly on o n e s ide a n d a t a cant t o t h e wind.

A yaw may come from ei ther of two reasons , which sound the same in description but aren't in practice : The center of pressure is too far aft or the center of gravity is too far forward. In s ingle-su rface kites, with the center of pressure properly wel l forward, it is not u n usual for the center of gravity to be too far forward because of spreader or the leading-edge longerons , if any. are too heavy . With box kites that are not purely tandem. the fl ier needs to check the location of the center of gravity and compare this with the est imated location of the center of pressure . A good example is the k i te in Fig. I. As original ly constructed and faci ng gusty wi nd. th i s ki te had a tendency to execute a s low yaw. resu l t ing i n partial inversion and a dive for the ground . My fi rst reaction was that f in -area was insufficient for rough wind. On further checking, I fou nd i ns tead that the center of gravity was only 2 . 0 cm (less than 1 .0 i nch) aft of the probably center of pressure, especial ly during moments of slack wind. Rather than add forward surface in th is ins tance. I

taped a b i t of bal l ast to the stern cell . The kite has s ince performed nicely. My rule of t h u m b from th i s and s i m i lar experiences i s that the center of gravity should be not less than the dimens ion of one-half chord aft of the center of pressu re . More spacing is not necessary : less i s chancy i n rough wind.

With m u l t i -cel led construction involving lateral placement of cel l s in a relatively closely spaced c luster. the center of pressu re tends to be wel l forward for two reasons . One i s that aft cel ls wi l l be downwinded . The other i s t hat a c luster generates a "front" of h i gher static pressure which tends to concentrate on the forward cel l s (for exnmple. note the fronti�piece of H i roi ' s book). If. perchance , a m u l ti-cel led construction exh ibits symptoms of center of pressure being too far aft , one remedy is to t i l t the leading cel l to an incremental i ncidence of rough ly 7° or so. This can be very effective and a lso works for tandem layouts of large spacing, cel l to cel l .

I! seems to m e that the major attraction of boxkites i s t h e combination o f thei r unl im ited scope for variety and the ir potent ia l for s l'eer beauty. Just suppose that among a l l the ki tefl iers on the planet. only 1 0.000 are interested in boxkites . Each of these cou ld eas i l y th ink of 1 0 designs of h i s or her own that are cl i rferent from those of other fl iers . Right there, we are talking ahout l OO.OO vari et ies. O rigi nal color schemes add an order of magni tude, running the total of I m i l l ion. That ought to be enough to keep us from getting bored.

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to side ) i s st epped below the sec ond row and the stern c e�l a step b e l ow that . This kite weighs only 1 . 0 oz . per sq . ft . of effectlve are a , l ofts easily and flies rel i ably . Ballast equivalent to about 8% of the gr o s s we ight

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F i g . 9. Strobe photo at about 1/1 0 , 000 sec . of model of Fig. 8 illustrates turbulence and some of the major vortices.

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P l a ns Shaping Up for 1 989 C o nvention in H awaii By Romeo Collado, President ,

H(1waiiall Kitt'j7iers A ssociation

After years of just bei ng a r u m or . the idea of havi ng a national AKA m eet i n the Hawa i i a n is lands has now mater ia l ized i n to a fu l l -sca le project . The proposed target for the 1 989 AKA Convention is Hawai i . Ten tat ive dates are set for Septe m ber 27 - October 3 , 1 98 9 .

A t t h e 1 987 convention , t h e AKA Execu tive Board expressed great enth us iasm about havi ng the ' 89 convention in Hawai i . Offic ia l dates and locations wi l l be posted pend i n g approva l of a proposal presented by the Hawa i i Ki tetl iers Association (HKA) .

Meanwhi l e . the HKA staff has been hard at work researc h i n g and bloc ki ng off possible s i tes . fac i l i ties and activ i ties needed for th is excit i ng event . The proposed headquarters is the Sheraton p,' incess Kai u l a n i Hote l , centra l l y located i n Wai k i k i on t h e i s l and of Oah u . Just a five- m i n ute d rive from the h otel is the fly ing field . Q ueen Kapiol a n i Park.

S i nce Hawa i i i s con s idered the " mel t ing pot ' of the Eastern and Western worlds . HKA has adopted the theme " East Meets West . " HKA vice pres ident Mike Kim has sent out feelers to d i fferen t c l u bs in the Orient and wi l l be worki n g closely with JALPAK Travel Services to sti r u p

Region #7 By Al Hargus 1Tl . Regional nirector

l//inois - The new 1 98 8 Skyl i ners officers were e lected Novem be r I I , 1 98 7 by a c l u b record lands l ide vote :

John Ka rel . President Mike Steele , Vice-Pres ident TOIl1 McCune . Secretary Eric Wolff. Treasu rer Joh n p lans several workshops th i s w i n ter and has many

new ideas for the 1 98 8 flyi ng season . The S kyLi ners ' conven tion com m i ttee . headed by Jim

Miller. i s d i l i gently at work prepari ng for Windy C i ty ' 8 8 . Prizes . s u rprises , fu n . games . and com fort are i n store for a l l the AKA i n C h i cago th i s com i n g October .

Wisconsin - Wiscon si n ' s largest k i te cl u b , the K i te Society of Wiscons i n (KSW) . also boasts n ew officers :

Mark Lazarz, Pres ident Jeff Kaltaoka , Vice-Pres ident Eldon Schauer, Treas u re r , Mem bers h i ps Mark and KSW can be contacted at 4 1 4/462 -2927 (p . m . ) .

KSW boasts a spi n -off chapter c l u b i n the Madison . WI . area, Mad ison fl iers , contact Trond Sjovoll . Mad ison Kite C l u b . 608/249-72 1 7 . Other k i te groups are form i n g i n the "dairy state" : Oshkos h , Sheboygan and B lack River Fal l s have serious k i ters i n t h e a i r . 1 9 8 8 shou ld prove to be a i nteresti n g k i t ing year for the fl iers of W isconsi n .

Millllesota - Though " heavy " w i n ter i s approac h i n g th is northern state . any northwoods k i ters i n terested i n w i n ter act iv i ties of the M i n nesota Kite C l u b may con tact Rosemary Heiman . 6 1 2 / 8 74- 8 848 .

i n terest i n o u r friends from t h e Eas t . Accord i ng t o J i m Miller, AKA convention chai rman . t h e

k e y t o the success of a convention i n such a location i s to put the word out wel l i n adva n ce . Th i s way . attenders may plan vacation t ime a nd/or bus iness activi t ies around the con vention .

To he lp the HKA staff p lan better and get an idea of . the probable n u m ber of attendees . p lease fi l l out the response s h eet on the dust cover of this issue. If you are even thinking of atte nd i n g , m a i l to :

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You r responses are essent ia l to o u r staff, the services with which we are wor k i n g and the success of a 1 989 AKA convention in Hawa i i .

O n beh a l f of the Hawa i i K i tefl iers Associat ion . I wou ld l i ke to extend o u r warmest i n v i tation to a l l of you to come to o u r is land for a week of k i teflyi ng fu n i n the S U Il .

/oll'a - Noth i ng to report from region #1 ' s western state . but a request to the farm state fl iers for reports . letters or j u st a hel lo .

Any region #7 AKA k i ters are i n vi ted to d rop me a l i ne or give a cal l . Let me know about k i t i n g i n you r area--ass istance with festival s , c lasses . demon stration s . o r just to tal k ki tes . Contact me a t 3 1 2 /545-9572 .

Regiol l #7 Membership /?(!/lle. To h e l p i n c rease AKA

members h i p i n regio n #7 , anyone who appl ies for new members h i p or renews an old one between January I , 1 9 8 8 and J u n e I . 1 98 8 wi l l b e placed i n a raffle (sponsored by YOll r friendly R. D . , me) for a custom s ix-foot flex i foi l . made and s igned by i n ventor Ray Merry (va l u e . $ 1 50) . K i te to be raffled is the red . w h i te a n d b lue " Li berty " flex i foi l . The d rawi ng wi l l take place at CSL ' s " S ky Ci rclls ' 8 8 , " on J u n e I I . 1 98 8 . You need not do anyth i n g specia l t o enter t h i s raffle except t o send i n you r app l ication o r renewal between 1 / 1 a n d 6/ 1 / 8 8 (Bob Price ' s massive members h i p com puter w i l l keep track o f the app l ications and the dates) . Let ' s a l l get together and make' Regio n #7 the biggest a n d best regio n i n the nation .

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By Corey Jensen I ' ve looked a l l over to fi nd the art ic le t hat started

me on my search for h i storic k i te aer ia l photos . The French are hosti n g a celebration of 1 00 years of k i te aerial photography i n 1 9 8 8 and have re leased articles concern i n g the ear ly years . That was n ' t i t . C h ecked the book I brought at the AKA auction . That wasn ' t i t .

Someone (maybe Lenny Conover?) men tioned t h e g u y who shot the San F rancisco earthquake pictu res from a k i te . Got m e going when a l ocal photog who possesses a s izable col lection of h i storic photos mentioned that the gent leman in question a lso visi ted the Monterey pen i n s u l a after h i s sojourn i n S . F . a n d took p ictu res . Wou ld I care to see them ?

After gett ing my p u rchase home , I p laced i t so I cou l d look down on i t from my u s u a l seat i n t h e l iv ing room . The camera was approx 1 , 200- 1 , 500 ft. over Love r ' s Poi n t , anchored t o the beach j u st west of there ( o r a s h i p j u s t offshore . given the n o r m a l winds i n J u l y) . The pictu re shows a sett lement that com bi nes a modest downtown area surrou nded by houses a n d fa rm s . Very pastora l . Smoke drifts laz i l y from several fi replaces . A m u c h s i m pler t ime, I t h i n k . I n teresti ng perspective to have the k i te' s-eye view of the a rea I l ive i n . taken in 1 906 .

There is another one . Haven ' t copied i t yet . Th i s very n ice man a lso has negatives of the S . F . eart hquake pics avai lable for pr i nts (Pat Hathaway Col l ecti o n . 763 Lighthouse Ave . . Monterey , CA 93940 . for those who are interested) . Pat a l so has shared a copy of a n Aug. 1 960 77le National Photographer with an a rt ic le ahout George R . Lawrence o f C h i cago who was a n ear ly photogra p h i c i n ventor and the gen i u s beh i n d the S . F . and Monterey shots . H i s career was notable for fou r outstanding ach i evemen ts . He i nvented a s u perior flash powder and method of use that became standard u nt i l the advent of flash b u l bs . He b u i l t and operated t h e worl d ' s largest ( 1 . 400 l b . . 1 0 ft . x 6 ft. plate) cam era . He devised an efficient k i te l i fter system enabl i n g photography at heights to 2 . 000 ft. before practical fl ight h ad been i nvented . And he obta ined aer ia l photos of African j u ngle l i fe tha t h ad been there-to-fore u n known . And after l u nch he . . .

The k i tes , as near as I can make out from the d rawi ng i n the S . F . eart hquake books . are boxes of the Ha rgrave/ Blue H i l l variety . They were m ade i n 5 ' . T & 1 0 ' s izes . The largest . u sed o n l y i n the l i g h test vv i nds , soon proved

too fragi l e , and were d i scarded . Th is otherwise i ntel l igent man flew these s tr i ngs of

boxes from a steel cable . The i n s u lated core of h i s ca ble provided the con d u i t for e lectric i m pu lses to t r i gger the camera s h u tter . A s ma l l pa rach ute then was released from the rig to i nd i cate the camera h ad operated .

The big quake was Apri l 1 8 . 1 906 . As soon as he hea rd the news . Lawrence I>acked h is k i tes and cameras a n d r u s hed to the scene. The p ictu re I have i s dated J u l y 1 0 . 1 906 . The S . F . quake pictu res were t h e most successfu l he ever took . earni ng h i m more than $ 1 5 , 000 ( i n 1 906 dol l ars) . Ti me to clea n my lenses .

He took the long way h o m e . Nevada . Utah . Wyom i n g . and

Idaho . where he engaged in a per iod of aerial su rvey i n g . M a n y of these photos probabl y sti l l e x i s t i n t h e hands of those engaged in real estate promotion and development and organ ized i rrigation projects . Not to mention the th r i l l o f see i n g you r place from a b ird ' s-eye-view when the fi rst pri m i ti ve a i rplanes were bare l y strugg l i n g aloft .

A s do m a n y , w h e n travel i n g i n t h e west and faced with ret u r n i n g home. Lawrence detou red th rough Brit ish east Afr ica i n the com pany of a C h i cago newspaper pub l i sher . The p ictures that res u l ted were a sensation . It was 1 9 1 0 and the world was h i s .

H e con ti n ued h i s work a n d i n ven ted one of t h e fi rst au to " starters " at a t ime when cars had to be cran ked by hand . Later patents covered a field i nc l u d i n g engi nes . a i rplanes and i nd ustr ia l h eati n g and a i r con d i tion i n g . He d i ed i n C h icago on Decem ber 1 5 . 1 93 8 . Q u i te a k i teflier .

With the profus ion of aer ia l photos taken from a i rplanes . I ' m s u re m a n y who possess these early exam ples don ' t rea l ize what they have . Has anyone e lse fou nd anyth i ng l i ke these? Possi bly a col l ection of ear ly American k i te aer i a l photographs cou ld be assembled and sent to F rance for d i splay at thei r celebrat ion . Any others i n terested? Let m e k now soon . The event i s sched u led for the fi rst week of J u l y 1 98 8 .

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Regional Report 1 987 Northwest Regional Stunt Kite Championship By Alice Romero. Guest Regional Reporter

The 6th A n n ua l Washington State I n ternational Kite Festival at Long Beach . WA. was the place to be for stunt kite champions this past August 2 1 and 22.

The competition started with the Junior Dual Control event sched uled on Children's Day . You ngsters were waiting and eager to show they . too, cou ld f ly dual line kites . The top three fliers in the .Tunior D ual Control were al lowed to enter the next day's event of Novice Class­Individual Precision.

Novice Class-Individual Precision res u l ts had a point spread of .3 between second and third place . Not surprisingly. it was contested. Kirk Miller , 1 3 , of Seattle , WA, placed first i n the J u n ior C lass and second in the Novice Class-Individual Precision.

The I n termediate C lass was dominated by fliers from Rome Enterprises of San Ramo n . CA. who took eight of the top 1 0 positions . Pam Markie (third in I ndividual Bal let and first in Team Bal let) was the on ly female competitor in the ent ire Northwest Regional Champions . Darrin

Lynn Lary 's train of delta-conynes at Washingtoll State Illternational Kite Festival, Long Beach , WA , August

/ 7-23 . Photo by Jack Van Gilder.

World 's longest cobra kite--700 lIleters!--in slIccessful launch at Long Beach . Washington. Photo by Dave Checkley.

Skinner (first place, Individual Precision) . sched u led his wedding and honeymoon around the championship.

The Open C lass was owned by California fliers and dom inated by Top of the Line ' s Spinoff basic. Ron Reich was hot: first p lace, I ndivi dual Precision ; first place. I nd ividual Bal let : first p lace, Team Precision .

JUNIOR DUAL CONTROL

I st P lace, Kirk M i l ler 2nd Place, Shawn Perusse 3rd Place. Cameron Wine

NOVICE INDIVIDUAL PRECISION

I st P lace. Don Giviaoni 2nd P lace, Kirk Mil ler 3rd P lace. John Jones 4th Place, Paul McM i l len

INTERMEDIA 7E INDIVIDUAL PRECISION

I st P lace. Dan'in Skinner 2nd Place. Hal Markie Jr. 3rd Place . Pam Markie 4rd Place. Ron Romero

INDIVIDUAL BALLET 1 st P lace . Roy Wi lson 2 nd Place. M ichael Boyce 3rd Place, Pam Markie &

Ron Romero (tie) 4th Place. Hal Markie Jr .

TEAM BALLET I st P lace, Friends of Rome

Pam & Hal Markie & Ron Romero 2nd Place. Roy Wilson & Rod WargaI'

OPEN INDIVIDUAL PRECISION

I st P lace, Ron Reich 2 nd Place. Don Tabor 3 rd Place. Robert Loera 4th P lace, Michael Boyce

INDIVIDUAL BALLET I st P lace, .Ron Reich 2nd Place. Robert Loera 3rd Place, Don Tabor 4th Place, Ray Wong

TEAM PRECISION I st P lace. Flight Squadron--

Ron Reich . Eric Streed, Don Tabor

2nd Place, Bay Area Su ndowners-­Mix McGraw. Ray Wong

3rc l Place, A San Diego Team--Steve Coats . John Perusse. Richard Van Mechlin

Wright Kite Festival By MOlY E. Ames

A fair. northeast breeze enabled about 40 kitefl iers and hundreds of spectators to take part in the n i nth annual Wright Kite Festival at the Wright Brothers

.National Memorial in K i l l Dev i l Hi l l s, N C , July 18. "The weather condit ions were the best we' ve ever

had," said event organ izer John Stubbings . " Park Service person nel wen t out of their way to make th i s day a

.. Jllenl0rable one for ki tefl iers."

The wind was barel y sufficient for competi t ion among dual-l i ne. maneuverable kite f l iers. To get more action

.• from their kites i n the eight-mph breeze on Saturday. stunt fl iers had to sprin t backward w h i le maneuvering their ki tes . "They should have been awarded medals i nstead of ribbons." said Stubbi ngs, "for remarkable performances under difficul t condi t ion s . "

Competitive events fol lowed a half-hour talk by aero­nautical engi neer Francis Rogallo of Kitty Hawk. Roga l lo , who worked on federal a ir and space programs for 34 years , described the development of the hang-gl id ing wing from a kite he fash ioned i n 1948 from a kitchen curtai n . He said the wing could have been adapted for use in land ing man ned space capsules . but the National Aeronautic anel Space Admin is tra- t ion turned to the space s h uttle program and "put an end to that idea . "

The an nual kite festival commemorates the fact that the Wright brothers , and other aviation enthus iasts who fol lowed. used ki tes and models to test the ir i nven tions.

Charles Dunton, an experienced kitemaker from Yorktown . VA, carried home the prize for "best i n s how" and for "prettiest homemade kite" for h i s seven-foot Japanese Rokakku kite wi th the face of S i tt ing Bul l appliqued over a s i l houette of a buffalo.

Dunton also entered the two- l i ne competit ion as a novice and took first place i n the class by run n ing backward at least the lengt h of two footbal l fields to create sufficient wind for the loopi ng anel div ing maneuvers required i n the event. "I haven't gone al l out l ike that i n a long time. " said Dunton . "When I got through, I wasn't exactly sure my legs would ever work again . "

In the novice class. 13-year-old Jeremy Williams of Burl ington. NC, placed second anel 1 4-year�0Id Robert Grainger of Newport News , VA. placed t h i rd . Among the experienced stunt ki tefl iers . Marc Conklin of K i l l Dev i l H i l l edged out Michael Jones of Nags Head. who i s a manufacturer of stunt ki tes anel last year's East Coast aerobatic champion. Jones came with i n th ree-and-a- hal f

• points of Conkl i n on a l Oa-point judges' tal ly. Mark Lewis, a kite s hop owner from Riviera Beach , FL, placed th ird and also received a r ibbon for trave l ing the

� ..- greatest distance to participate in the festival . A field of n i ne veteran ki temakers and an equal

Ilum ber of beginners completed in thei r respective c lasses for the title of "prettiest homemade ki te." f i l l i n g the sky just north of the Wright monument with a remarkable array of colors.

Dunton ' s S itti ng Bul l . in orange. black and wh i te. was challenged for firs t place by a huge kite with green.

Tom Talboll of Raleigh , NC, third-place willller in "most aerodynamic, experienced" class, in fron t of Wright B rolhers National Memorial. (hOIO by Mary Am".

Francis Rogalla of Kitty HaWk'l NC, addresses the crowd at the ninth annual Wright Kite Festival. Photo by MalY Ames, Kite Kingdom.

( iff � Wright Kite Festival \, ' participants (I-I') c n.

'!; Stonestreet. Richmond. VA ;

, Mike Jones. Nags Head, NC: Roy Chapman. Raleigh, NC; Alex Dunton. Richmond, VA . Photo by MalY Ames.

�i nk and yel low c ircles . named " great bal l s of fire" by I t:, make�·. Waylon

.J. Simmons of Bel h aven. NC. A butterfly

kite . deSigned by Il lS brother Forrest L. Simmons of Columbia. SC , won th ird p lace . ( Note: Forrest S immon s 's kjte was pictured i n the September i ssue of Kiting. )

I n t h e novice class. t h e w i n ner was n i ne-year-old Brian Richey of Conway. SC. with a stacked delta-box kite made of lavender anel purpl e nylon. The Richey fami ly made a clean sweep. wi th Nancy. 37. taki ng second for her f lare kite, made from the nylon l i n i n g of a coat. and 1 4-year-old Michelle tak ing th ird for her delta-box appl iqued of b lack. yel low and red nylon .

Scori ng was c lose i n the " most aerodynamic kite" category among the experienced tl iers. Richard O'Connell of Fredericksburg. VA. placed first with a l arge homemade flare k i te : Michael Jones, second , with a tr iple set of h i

.s Mirage stunters ; and Tom Talbot of Raleigh, N C , t h i rd,

With a Japanese Rokakku kite t hat depicted the Wright monument and h i l l .

C.B. Stonestreet of Rich mond . VA. entered a homemade Ind ian figh ter kite i n the novice c lass. "most aerodynamic" category, and won first place due to i ts abi l i ty to be maneuvered wi th a s i ngle l i ne. Robert Grainger took second p lace with a delta-box ki te and

Con lil1l(ed nexl /lage

How Chapters can Sponsor an AKA Convention The single most i m port�nt critf'ri<l for .�ponsoring <1n

AKA convention is having a core group of dedicated , hard-working kitefl iers who are w i l l ing to take respons i bi l i ty for organizing the functions t hat make up a national convention. Normal ly that core group is an already establ i shed AKA affi l iate kite local kite c lub , bu t i t cou ld be several k i te retai lers/nianufacturers or even a group of ki tefl iers not formal ly organized as a local kite cl ub .

The larger the group the better , but a smil l l group headed by a super-organized convention c hairman cou ld get the job done . It is possible (and usua l ly necessary) to ask for vol unteer assistance from the AKA general members h ip for certain jobs to be done during the convention. but al l the pre-convention organizing wi l l have to be done by the h ost group. (and post experience has shown that wh i le convention attendees wi l l be wi l l ing to give up a few hours to h elp out on a specific task, few wou ld be wi l l ing to assu me organizational respons ib i l i ty over a whole area).

So-- you need a chairman and you need bod ies -- that's first! Don't be snowed by offers of help from local Convention Bureaus or C hambers of Com merce -- they can provide some assistance in certain areas . b u t how many people wi l l they have out at 8 o'clock in the morn ing. pounding stakes and stringing surveyor' s tape to mark off flying fields?

After the people . you need a h otel and flying field . The flying field musl be large enough to hand le two s imu l taneous d ual l ine competi tions (pit areas and competi t ion fields) and have extra 1'00111 for demonstrations and free fly . Idea l ly , the flying fields s hould be next to the hotel (If not. you need to figu re out a way to get people back and forth) . You need a hotel that can hand le (and is wi l l ing to reserve) 200 lodging rooms. banquet faci l i t ies for 300-400; and that has meet ing rooms for seminars/worksh ops, room for the auction and fly market. etc. The hotel shou ld. if poss ib le , be close to a major airport. Better that the hotel be moderately priced - ­

conventions held in h igh-priced h otels have forced a portion of our members h i p to seek alternative lodging. and the convention suffered from the spl intering.

Certain components of the AKA convention are handled by standing national com m i ttees and are not the

Wright Kite Festival, continued Benjamin. D u nton cam e in th ird beh ind Roy Chapman of Raleigh. NC, and Waylon Simmons.

Cheryl Kissel of Quakertown, PA, fin ished th ird with a two-I i ne stu n ter .

The most exci tement every year at the Festival i s generated by a contest cal led the one-m inute cl i m b. This year was no exception.

Alex Dunton of Rich mond . VA. held the t i t le in th i s event for four years in a row. lost it in 1 985. then regained it last year. Th i s year. he was chal l�nged by nine people , inc lud ing son Charles and grandsons Gregg and

In the one-m inute c l im b. novice c lass. Robert

respons i bi l i ty of the local h ost group (other than l iaison for sched u l ing the program purposes) . Current ly competitions (other than chal lenges) and the auction fal l i n t h i s category.

For he lp in structuring a formal proposal to host an AKA Convention. contact the current AKA Convention Com m ittee C hairman. Jim M. Miller (3 1 2 /642-8692 ) . He wi l l answer questions you may have and wi l l send vou other paperwork . incl ud ing previous convention proposal s you may u se as a gu ide.

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A formal proposal shou ld inc l ude the fol lowing: 1 . Who is going to do the work?

Loca l kite c lub . group of individl la ls or kite manufacturersiretai l ers. W ho i s going t o b e chairman? Has t h i s group held convention organizational m eetings? W h o are the com mittee chairmen?

2 . W h ere are we going to fly? Describe the flying fields : draw a map showing the s izes. How do we get there from the hote l?

3 . Where wi l l we s leep and hold meetings? Describe the hotel and i ts faci l it ies. Do they have room to do what we need to do? W h at w i l l their rates be? How do we get there from the nearest large ai rport?

4 . What are you planning for th i s convention? Are you going to have workshops/seminars? are you planning field events (contests and/or chal lenges)? Have you arranged optional tours? What other events do you have planned? Can you give u s an idea of your complete format? W h at i s your proposed registration cost?

After your formal proposal is completed. it shou ld be reviewed by your regional d irector. He shou ld write a cover letter of endorsement and forward the package to the AKA Convention Com m i ttee C hairman. The AKA Convention Comm ittee wi l l review the proposal (and may ask for add i t ional information) and wi l l . then forward i t to the Board of Directors wi th the ir recommendation. The Board also may ask for addit ional information. If the Board accepts your proposal. you w i l l be asked to s ign a "Memorandu m of Understand ing' s ou t l ining your ob l igat ion to the AKA.

Grainger won. James Younce of Rich mond was second and James Kissel of Q uakertown, PA. was th ird.

Just edged out of a ribbon in that contest was seven-year-old John Stang of Reynoldsburg . OH. who b u i l t h is kite from a plastic garbage bag ear l ier t hat morning at a worksh op in the Park Service v is i tor center . The workshop and a l l other festival events were cosponsored by the National Park Service and Ki te Kingdom of Kil l Dev i l Hi l ls. NC and D uck, NC. and Norfolk. VA.

Other awards went to three-year-old Andrew Fuschini of Rich mond for being the youngest fl ier ; Forrest Simmons, 66 . for senior i ty ; David Haak of W i l l iamsburg . VA. and Alex Dunton for best kite winders . and S i m lllons for the best kite accessory. a windsock in the shape of a frog .

Building a delta kite c Margaret Greger, 1 986, author. Kites for Everyone

Material s : tall k i tchen trash bag, 24"x30" two 1 /8 " x4" dowels , cut thus : center spar. 24" : two

side spars, 1 9" : one spreader, 1 8" cel lophane tape and strapping tape, both 3/4 "wide 2 smal l rubber bands or I" of plastic tubing, I 18 " i n ner diameter toothpick

Tools : yardstick , scissors , u t i l i ty k n i fe , 1 /8" d iameter punch , marking pen

I. D raft pattern. Slit open the bottom of the bag. Lay the pattern on the fol d (close s ides of the bag) . One bag makes two kites (Figure I). C u t out : With kite sti l l folded.

mark the center l i ne on one side and the spreader spot on

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3 . Attach center and s ide spars by cover ing with tape (Figure 3).

4. Cut th ree 2 1 /2" lengths of strapping tape for keel tip and spreader attach ment . Rei n force with a short piece of toothpick laid i n the fold before tape is doubled over . P unch holes as show n .

Washers for spreader ends are plastic tubing or t ightly doubled r ubber band s . which mai nta in the wingspread whi le al lowing adj ustment (Figures 5 & 6).

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These rates are for one-time ads . AKA offers a 1 5 % dis­cou n t for a t h ree- issue cont ract and a 20% d i scou n t for a s ix- issue contract. B l ack-&-white ads mus t be camera-ready. Color ads m ust be i n separation ; adverti ser w i l l be charged for separat ions of ads not provided a lready i n separation . . AKA member-merchants receive additional discounts as i nd i ­cated above.

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Dead l i n e for submi tt ing color separations and camera­ready black-&-wh i te ads : 1 5th of the month preced ing publ ication ( ie , October 1 5 for November i ssue) . Deadl ine for subm i tt i ng color ads to be separated : 1 0th of the month before publ ication .

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On Novel1l hl'r 4. 1 9H7 . I he EXl'c l i t ive COl1l l 1 l i t ll'e llIl't a t the hl)l1le llr Presidl' n t Rohert S. Pr ice Ht .lR39 D l l s t i n Roa d , Bl lr ton svi l le , M D . A l s0 presen l H t t h e I1lcL't i ng wcre Red Braswel l . B i l l B i!!!,!(, . Wood E l l i s . B i l l Good w i n . Ma rgl) Brown , Pct L' l a n u n.i . J ewel l Price. ami B(' l ' I l ie Sp,t l d i n g . R ick K i n n a i rd a t i e n dL'd HS thL' v icL' - presidl' n t dL'c t .

T h e l1l i n u leS or I he Seplel1lber 2 : 1 9H7 a n d Septcillher 1 3 . I c)X7 m i n u tes werc a p proved as c i rc u lil t l'd .

The t n'<l smc( s report i n d ica l l'd t h at A K A is i l l good l i n <lncia l n1l1d i t ioll .

Red Braswcl i 11l0wd t h a i A K A p<ly a $43X b i l l Illl' COmpUll'r rep<l i r . Mot ion calTied .

A VOle or I h a n k s is ('xlended 10 B i l l Good w i n I()r 1 11(' donat i()Ii or I Ill' wonderrul Savin copyi n g 1l1(1(: h i n (' 10 A K A . A very prl' l i lll i n a ry l i n < l n c i a l report 1'1'0111 t h e conve n t ion i lld icaled a hreak- evl'n Cl) n d i t ion as ide 1'1'0111 t h e auct ion proceL'ds . Red Braswel l l1l(wed t h at t he Exec u t ive COl1l l1l i t l ce com m end < lnd t h <l n k Jon B u r k h <l rd t . Bi l l GOl)dw i n and t h e ()I her wl)rkers It)!' a job well

done o n the conven t i o n . Mot ion carr ied . Red t h t'n reqllt'�led I h a l I he rol lowing Sl<I ICntl'nt he ('nl er('d in I he Ill i n u tes: " I wOl i l d l i kp 10 SHV in t h e record t h a t I he convc n l i ()n

pro!,!ralll ami seliE'(hile provided bv � _Lines "'HS hl'H ll l i i'lI l : howeve r . I d i sa,!!rcc with Ihe h i story or A K A HS i t w a s w r i l l l' ll alld I would l i ke I he record to s h ow Ihal I d isagrce w i l l i I he l , i stl)!'I' 1 I 1 ld do I lo t bel it'V(" i t W< lS a s accurate as i l could ht,. or s h o l i i d he . I bel it've it is h i ased . "

M urgo ll10ved t h H t ,II' n pprec i a t ioll cllrd 1)(' sell t to Bl)h and H a zel I ll g ra h a m . Mot iol l carr ied . B i l l Good w i n moved tn scml Bnh alld H l1Zd I ll g r n h al11 onL' or I Ill' OSCtl i ' B H i ley p iCl l i res frol11 Ihe 1 9H7 cOllvell l ioll . Mnl ioll carr ied . M argo vol U ll lecrl'd t o lake care or bot h itel11s l'" belni l r of A K A .

Red Braswell n1(wed I h a l t ilt' job descri pl inn 11)1' regioll<ll d i reclors as proposed on Octoher 2 2 , 1 9H7 , a n d al11ellded 0 1 1 Novel11her 4 , 1 9X7 . hc mk'pteci . M() t ion ca rried .

CI111plt'r c h a rt c r cer l i lkates were d i scussed alld w i l l he Oil t he Ill'xl <lgend a . A 1110I i()11 was 111<1(1(' t n selld sl iders I n I 1 lCl 1 1ber-llterdHi l l t s . MOl inl l cHrried . Red BnlslV('II 1 1 ll'Vl'd I h a l I he l11l'n,hers h i p d i ll'S s t ruc l u re PITSl' llled hy Bnh Price alld d a led Ocloher 5 _ 1 9X 7 , be adopted as a !,! u i del i lle

It'r A K A . Mot il)1l c H r ried . M a rgn B n)lvil gave an u pd a l e nn I h c s t a t u s or I he Teacher ' s Packt' ! . . 1 1 is sched i l led Illr 1 9H H . There w a s Sl)l11l' d i scussioll O i l t h(' nll' l 11hl'rsh i p appl in- I I il' " 1()rl11 ", i t h s l lggest ions I()r i l1 1 pnWellH'll ! . There were a lso s l lgges l ions 11)1'

a dd i ng a Ilew k i t L' p l a ll tll I h l' N('w rVklll bL'rs P:lckl'! . Red B raswl'i l 1 1 10vcd t h a t R i c k T a i bI)" he a l'pni l l l l'd 10 l'l)m plett: I h l' tl'rlll or Dc)ug H :lgl l l ll a ll wh() hm res i !,! llcd tiS D i rectl)r or Region 1 0 .

MlHion carr ied . (The con lir l 1 1a t ioll procl'ss prescr i hed by t h e Bylaws i s hei ll g 1()lInwed I RS I' I ) . The t nH l s i t iol1 n r t h e pres idcl lC:' fro lll Buh ft,' CtWL'Y J l' l lSl' 1 l W(lS d i sl' l I SSL'd and heg l l l l . Rick K i n n a i rd was presC"1l1 I n l a k e "('lIes . m a k e Hild

receiV(" sugges l i o n s . ele . S ign a l u re carel 11)1' S<l nc iv Sprin)! S<l n k will he c i rc u l aled 10 new l)filcl'l's. U n less ol herwise d i reCll'd , I h e cu rrent acco u n t w i l l h e nll l i n t a i ned as a depositnry Il)r dues . C l c . T h e Rnckvi l lc ",Idrcss w i l l l'L' l e l <l i ned . perl1 : l ps w i t h twice weekly

rorward i n g 10 the wesl cnasl . � w i l l I i s l new o l-liel'l's in t hl' J a ll u a r v , 1 9XX issue. Efh)rts me being m acit, t o 10c<lIC the nr i )! i n a l s or ('a rtv AKA m i n u les . t hol lgh I here arc cop ies in I h(' a rc h i vt,s. A n AKA M i n l l t e Book

w i t h olle copy of each a pproved Sl't or m i n ll t cs w i l l I'L' l l Ia i n t a i ncd I'm the pres idl'n l . TIll' hook shl)lIld he passed a long 10 l'>lc h nl'W pres iden l . I t is des i red t h ilt a l l m i n u tes he slored in ASC I I Itll'llHl I on I BM -l'l'n,pa t i hle d i scs It)!' a rc h i val storflge. Search Il'" topics or i n terest cOl i l d t h e n be f l u t o ", a tccl .

I I is hoped tlnll I he vicieOlapes or I h e 1 9X7 l'll n vcll l ion can be d i s l r i hl l ied 1'1'0'" I h e wesl coasl . s i nce t l tey w i l l be ", ade I here.

The J a n u a ry l qXH �J.t� wil l be pll b l i slH'd on t h e easl coaSI w i l lt i nc lu sion or lI ll)' ", a t e r i a l su ppl ied [", Corel' . T h e quest ion or when I h e presidency should he t ransrerred W<lS d i scl l ssed I The al 1 1ended hylaws spec i fy 11()w t h e I r a n s i t i o n is to he

nwdl' l . I t was reconllnelldt'd l Iu l t new exel'u t i VL' conl ln i l tees meet :·1 1 It'ilsi tw ice hdt)re t a k i n g oi' 1ice. Also. I h a l reg l l i a r n,eet i ngs be sched i l led wvll i n advtlllce. Quest ions 1<)1' the prL'Sl' n t conl llt i l t l'" " 1'0111 t h e Ill'" a rc des i red hvll)re t l te Dccem b('r 2. 1 9X 7 , mcet i n g .

T h e mecl i n g w a s adjourned a l 9 : 35 p . m .

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AKA Member-Merchants , listed below by state , have agreed to give members a 1 0 percent discount . Kites on Oouds 20 1 - 1 3 1 Water Street Vancouver, BC V6B 4M3 1i04/669-5677

Victoria Kite Store 102-560 Joh nson Street Victoria, BC V8W 3C6 604/38 1 - 5377

Action Kites 6284 Via Regia San Diego, CA 92 1 22 6 1 9/453-8795

Scapon Kite Shop 839D W. H arbor Drive San Diego, CA 92 1 0 1 61 9/232-2265

The Kitemakers of San Francisco

Pier 39. Space B- 1 2 and J-3

San Francisco, CA 94 1 3 3 800/328- KITE

The Kitemakers of San Francisco

838 Grant Avenue SM Francisco, CA 94108 4 1 5/362-3760

Play/Kites & Delighl� 2801 Leavenwort h Street San Francisco, CA 94 1 33 4 1 51775-5483

Rome Enterprises R . A . Romero 1 29 Samoa Court San Ramon , CA 94583 4 1 5/866-8 1 72

The Crossing 25373 Steel head Blvd . PO Box 248 Duncan M i lls, CA 95430 707/865-2829

Carey's Kite Winder 71i71 North Avenue Lemon Grove . CA 92045 6 1 9/697-2405

Harhor Kites 1 4 1 5 Highway I Bodega Bay, CA 94923 707/875-3777

Kites 'N' Things 5500 Grossmon t Cen tel' Dr. La Mesa, CA 92042 6 1 9/698-6358

Let's Fly a Kite 1 3755 Fiji Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292 2 1 3/822-2561

Colors of the Wind 2900 M<lin Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 2 1 3/399-8044

Windhome Kites 585 Cannery Row Monterey, CA 93940 408/373-7422

Touch the Sky, Inc. 836 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M4W 2 H I 4 1 6/964-0434

Hi Fly Kites London Squ are 1 2 1 0 l C East lI ifl' Aurora, CO 800 1 4 3031755-6105

Wind Chime Kite Shop R R I , Box 350 J u n ior Avenue Danielson , CT 06239 2031779- 1 1 02

Krazy Kites (Frame aod Save) 2274 Black Rock Tpk. Fairfield. CT 203/37 1 - 8444

Air Traffic Atlantic Avenue PO Box 533 Bethany Beach , D E 1 9930 302/539-45 1 1

The Kite Shop Vill age by the Sea Rehoboth Avenue Rehoboth Beach , DE 1 9971 302/227- 1 6 1 6

The Kite Site 3 1 0 1 M Street NW Washington. DC 20007 202/965-4230

Ooud 9 Kites M a yfai r COlirt 1 1 22 East Atlantic Avenue Delray Beach , FL 33444 305/272-5224

Kitesville USA 405 Gulf Boulevard I nd i an Rocks Beach , FL

33535 8 1 3/596-34.H

Kiteriggers 3 1 05 Spring Park Road J acksonvi l le, FL 32207 904/399-KITE

Largo Cargo 1 03 10 I Overseas H ighw<ly Key Largo, FL 33037 305/45 1 -4242

Blowin ' in the Wind 5770 Spacecoast Parkway K i ss immee, FL 32741 305/396-65 1 1

Uncle Sam's Flag & Kite Shop

9482 S. U . S. Hyway I The ViUage Green Port St. Lucie, FL 33452 305/335- 1 776

Toys Ahoy 28 Periwinkle Place Sanibel Island, FL 33957 8 1 3/472-4800

Head in the Oouds Kites 3 1 8 M allory Street St. Simonds Island, GA

3 1 522 9 1 2/638- K ITE

Kite Fantasy 2863 Kalakaua Avenue Honol u lu , HI 968 1 5 8081732-5483 (KITE)

Kite Fantasy Lahaina Cannery Lah a i n a Mau i , H I 96761 808/661 -4766

High Performance Kites 1 0 1 9 U n iversity Ave. #3A Honol u l u . HI 96826 808/942-8799

Kite Loft of New Orleans I Poydras, No. 90 Riverwalk New Orleans, LA 70 1 30 504/529-3247

Whippoorwill Crafts 1 26 S . Market Bui lding Faneu i l H all Market Place B0ston , MA 02 1 09 61 7/563- 5 1 49

Outermost Kites North Market Build ing Faneuil H all Market Place Boston, MA 02 1 09 6 1 71742- 1 455

Dyna-Kite Corporation PO Box 402 1 7 Peter Street Chicopee, MA 01 02 1 4 1 3/592-36 1 5

Wind & Wh.imsy 1 7 M arket Square Newburyport , MA 01 850 617/465-9647

Kites Aweigh 6 Fleet Street Annapol i s , MD 2 1 40 1 3 0 I l26R-6065

The Kite Loft 5 1 1 Boardwalk PO Box 5 5 1 Ocean Citv , M D 2 1 842 30 I 12R9-7855

The Kite Loft H arborplace 301 S. Light Street Balt imore, MD 2 1 202 3 0 I l52R-OH88

The Skv's the Limit 333 M�in Street Lewiston, ME 04240 2071784-8922

Kiteman Jack's Su m mer--Newman SI.

at the Pier E . Tawas. MI 48730 W i nter--24 1 7 Blarney Dr. Davison , M I 48423 3 1 3/653-3633

Unique Place! World of Kites

925 S. Washington at Sixth

Royal Oak, MI 48067 3 1 3/398-5900

Soar-N-Dipity Water Street Pavilion One Water Street Fl int , MI 48502 3 1 3/234-8320

Kitc Kraft School Haus Square 245 S. Main Street Frankenmu t h , MI 48734 5 1 7/652-2961

Toys Ahoy 249 Culver Street Saugatuck, MI 49453 6 1 6/857-262 1

Saugatuck Drug Store 201 Butler Street PO Box 1 88 Saugatuck, M I 49453 6 1 6/857-2300

Just Paper Backs, Inc. 4500 Dixie Highway Drayton Plains, M I 48020 3 1 3/673- 1 859

The Stuff Here is Terrific

1 306 W. County Road F . Ardcn H il ls, M N 5 5 1 1 2 6 12/633-7472

Kite Site 1 2081 Flintwood St. NW Coon Rapids. NM 55433 6 1 21757-0061

Kite Kingdom Sea Holly Square Beach Road ( Mile 9) PO B0X 1 036 Kil l Devil H il ls, N C

27948 9 1 9/441 -6235

Kites Unlimited Atlantic Stn . Shpg. Ctr. PO Box 2278 Atlantic Beach , NC 285 1 2 9 1 9/247-70 1 1

Kitty Hawk Kites PO Box 340 Nags Head, NC 27959 9 1 9/44 1 -4 1 24

Kite Heights 401 Broadway PO Box 338 Medora, ND 58645 70 1 /623-4455

Something in the Air 353 Ocean Boulevard H ampton Beach , NH 03842 603/926-4085

Colors of the Wind 321 W. San Francisco Santa Fe. N M 87501 505/982-8235

Air Circus Kite Shop 1 1 08 Boardwalk Ocean City, NJ 08226 609/399-3654

Go Fly a Kite 1 20 1 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 1 0028 2 1 2/472-2623

Once Upon a Time Toys 1 53 The Arcade 401 Euclid Avenue Cleveland , OH 441 1 4 2 1 6/696-TOYS

The Kitc Kompany 33 West Orange Chagrin FaUs, OH 44022 2 1 6;247-4223

On tllC Wind Heritage Square 24098 Front Street Grand RaJlids. OH 43522 4 1 9/832-KITE

Nonh Coast Kites 84 1 7 Mentor Avenue Mentor, OH 44060 2 1 6/974- 1 4 1 4

Flights o f Fancy 22 S. High Street D u bl i n , OH 4301 7 6 1 41764-8697

The Kitemakers of Seaside, Oregon

300 Broadway Seaside. O R 77138 5031738-3078

Kites & Other Delights 296 E. Fi lih Street Fifth Street Market N BU 8- 1 3 Eugene, O R 9740 1 503/344-KITE

Gale Gallery & Glashaus Pottery

PO Box 528 Waldport. OR 97394 503/563-3620

Let's Get High Kite Company

302 1 /2 M arket Street AJlartment 5 ClearHeld , PA 1 6830 8 1 41765-2301

Grandmaster Kites 222 3rd Street M itninvillc, PA 1 863 1 7 1 7/959-3 1 62

Klassy Kites K i ng of Prussia Pla7.a K i ng of Prussia, PA 1 9406 2 1 5/337-2 1 99

The Meadow Mouse Shop 520 N . PennsylvHnia Ave. Morrisville. PA 1 9067 2 1 517 36-8253

Klig's Kites 9th Avenue N . Mvrtle Beach Pavilion M),rtle Beac h , SC 29577 803/626-9250

Klig's Kites Galleria Center 9600 N . Ki ngs Highway Myrtle Beach , SC 29577 803/449-2856

Fly 'N Higb 267 East Bay Street Charlesto n , SC 29401 803/588-2397

Wind Walker Kite Shop 1 39 N . Bra7.osport PO Box 5 1 5 Clute, T X 7753 1 409/265-0868

Kites over Texas West End M arket Place 603 M u nger , Suite 204 DaUas, TX 75202- 1 8 1 1 2 1 41720-4442

Kites Etc. 202 Vallc)' View Center Dal l a s , TX 75240 2 14/392- 1 300

Kiteworks 1 708 N . Elm Denton, TX 76201 8 1 7/387-8895

K ite Koop PO Box 242 Landmark Plaza Chi ncoteague, VA 23336 804/336-5554

Krazy Kites On the Pier V i rgin ia Beach , VA 23451 804/428-0753

Suspended Elevations 1 9 1 5 N . 34th Seattle , WA 9 8 1 03 206/633-4780

Kites Aloft of Tacoma 8834 Colgatc Drive West Tacoma, WA 98466 206/564-5593

Fish Creek Kite Company 3R53 H ighway 42 PO Box 3 3 1 F i s h Creek. W I 542 1 2 4 1 4/868-3769

D&J Kite Company 702 N . Fair Oaks M adison , W I 537 1 4 60S/249-0588

Yom Yindc Yenveht (G0ne with the Wind) E i scnacher Strasse 81 1 000 Berlin 62 , Germsny 0301795-4700

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