THE KITEFLIER Lssue 90 JANUARY 2002 PRICE £2.00
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THE KITEFLIER lSSUE 90 JANUARY 2002 PRICE £2.00 NEWSLETTER OF THE KITE SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN 0 •.. 0 The one stop kite shop we have the lot !! 0 Phone; 01582 662779 Em ail; :t Fax; 01582 666374 Web; ... •- • •I Jii• -¥ a 1: IT'S BACK "THE POPPER" -:a 0 0 e0 I -0 ~ i • I ,. I .. D I :r:•"' »• ""'• •• • ,.• » -11;111 - 11 -~ -¥ • I .. 2 lftDJOCKS. RDGA I f 11 CH JHElt •"" The Kite Society of Great Britain P. O. Box 2274 Letters 4 Gt Horkesley Event News 5 Colchester P.K.A. Adventure 7 Essex Light Up The Sky 8 Delta Delirium 10 CO6 4AY Sled Kites 12 Tel/Fax: 01206 271489 Weymouth Kite Festival 22 Email: [email protected] MKF Extra 23 http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk Aerodyne 29 Roman Candle 35 Event Contacts 39 Events List 40 Editorial Membership Information Dear Readers including hand written, but if you The main vehicle of communication between members is the quarterly We wish you a Happy New do use a computer either email the publication ‘THE KITEFLIER’. Year and hope for good kite flying article or send it on disc, this does published in January, April, July and in 2002 with no kite events can- save us having to type computer October of every year. ‘THE written articles! KITEFLIER’ contains news of celled because of external factors. forthcoming kite festivals, kite retailer We have a bumper article The short item below caught news, kite plans, kite group news and a our attention. comprehensive events list. on sled kites from George Webster. We would like to thank him for the See you on the field some- Other benefits of membership include hard work and the opportunity to where. free, or reduced, entry into selected kite copy type 20+ pages of handwrit- festivals in the U.K., special parking ten notes! arrangements where possible, discount - Gill and Jon Bloom from 5% to 15% - on all kite purchases We are always looking for from the majority of kite retailers in the contributions. Remember we can U.K. take it in almost any format— A membership ‘year’ runs for four issues of ‘THE KITEFLIER’. plus other occasional mailings. Each member receives a membership card entitling Kites in Afghanistan them to free entry and discount. If you wish to join The Kite Society The fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan meant please send your name and address that once again it was possible to fly kites. This (plus the names of any supplementary had been previously banned by the Taliban Govern- members) and your payment for the ment. appropriate membership type, to the address shown above. All cheques, made payable to ‘The Kite Society’ The media reflected this with several reports both and, for overseas members, should be on television and radio. The radio 4 reporter in Ka- drawable in the U.K. and be in sterling. bul said "Sometimes it's the smallest things that you notice at a time like this. I'm surrounded by 20, maybe 30, children, smiling and laughing. One of them has a kite... " Whilst some of the BBC war coverage highlighted a small boy flying a kite in Kabul as the Taliban re- Membership Type Fee pression apparently faded away. Individual £10.00 Family - all members in the £11.00 Front Cover Photo: same household. Children with their workshop sled kites at Ifield O.A.P. £8.00 School ‘Kites Over Kent’ event. Photo: Gill Bloom O.A.P. - Family (Husband £9.00 & Wife) Overseas - Europe and £12.00 Whilst every effort is taken to get the details correct The Kite Society cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions that occur. Opinions Surface Mail expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editors or The Kite Society. Overseas - Airmail £16.00 Page 4 The Kiteflier, Issue And the Winner is? Recollections of 2001 - George Webster Every year this pushy lady Last season for me was full of gaps 2 The wonderful kites pro- comes to England and sells compared to 2000. No Old Warden duced by the Japanese at Sunder- raffle tickets to win registration (never no more!), no Edinburgh land. to Fort Worden Kite Makers (better luck next time), no London 3 The regular teams seem to Conference. The drawing was (Hackney), no Brighton (couldn’t get better each year – and memo- Monday, November 5th and the go) and no Bristol (FMD). So I ries of the Decs fade – and the club Fort Worden board has two went to festivals I hadn’t been to spots (Whitehorse, AKF, NEKF) are drawings, one for here and one for years (eg Southampton and fuller but there was one newcomer for the USA. This year I was Shrewsbury) and some which were this year – Zoone (correctly Collec- very happy to call another new (Oldham, Shipley and Here- tif Zoone) is a French team whose lucky winner and I don’t think ford). As a result I have memories literature can be a bit difficult. For that Pete Dawson has quit of some great flying and thought it example ‘The more naïve observers laughing yet. I guess he never was a good summer for weather – thought they were seeing kites, the thought that he would go to Ron and Marla’s and attend until Sunday at Portsmouth. more incredulous were offended by the kite makers conference. this unnatural zoo. But in other Shipley – the wind was really too lands and other eras, nature as We would like to thank every- strong but I flew some of Malcolm been able to create just about any- one that bought a ticket (or Goodman’s kites and my new Joel thing’. two) and we are looking for- Schulz Marilyn. ward to the Dawson’s visit and But the kites! I’d seen the pod know that they will return with Oldham – was the first festival shaped Sentinelle and the elegant many wonderful memories and where I had to announce ‘all kites birds at Dieppe but not Furax and stories to share. down’ due to a threat from thun- the amazing Raymond. We need derstorms. photos. Zoone were first at Clee- Someone might want to tell thorpes, then Basingstoke and fi- Pete, that Ron and I run the Hereford – is a great site and nally Portsmouth. A loop of Senti- raffle at the conference and he friendly fliers. nelles (3m white pods) look like should bring some extra mon- slits in a blue sky, the birds are ey for that pushy lady to sell him some more tickets. Newark Showground – nice fliers, great to play with in light winds, pity about the rest. Furax gets up in a breeze and Ray- Thanks to you allll, you’re the mond walks. Much of it is done by best, Not so many memories of new children from the crowd. Marla and Ron Miller kites or fliers this year but:- So next season gets closer and I’m 1 The superb design and impatient. Just one question – Rolf craftsmanship of the Brassington Zimmermann can make lobsters, kites at Weymouth and the Ameri- starfish and seahorses that fly. cans at Portsmouth. Why not crabs? Kites 2001 Video - Helen Ribchester September 11th - Paul Reynolds Thought you might be interested to know that we have created a As always I read the recent edition of back to LA to be with his wife who was compilation video of all the high- The Kiteflier with interest. Like you I felt booked in to have a Cesarian on the lights from the kite festivals that that One Sky One World was strangely 13th. No words can express the extent we filmed at this year, which will relevant after the tragic events in the of this tragedy, a baby being born into a soon be available from kite USA. world with no father. stores, or order from our web- site (below). This was made all the more relevant I spent 14th October at the European when I heard the new about Sandy Gib- Cup in Gosport. Around 1.30 in the af- The video is 42 minutes long ian's nephew Daniel Lee. I am sure that ternoon 80 or 90 kites took to the sky and covers kitesurfing, buggy- you and many members of the Kite So- to promote One Sky one World. The ing, mountainboard ing, single, ciety remember Ron & Sandy Gibian purpose of increasing understanding dual and quad-line flying as well who came over to England (at your invi- between all peoples of the world is more as mega-teams, Rokkaku fights, tation) five or 6 years ago. There kites important today than ever before. My and more.. are renowned for the beautiful colours sympathies and condolences go out to that they choose, the striking designs Ron and Sandy as well as of course Full details at: and the incredible workmanship. Very Daniel Lee's wife, child and relatives sadly Sandy's nephew was lost on the http://www.aeolian.co.uk/kites/ first plane to hit the World Trade Cen- video/video01/kites2001.htm tre. He worked with bands and was tempo- rarily based in Boston. He was flying Page 5 Teston Bridge Kite Weekends, Middle Wallop Kite Festival Maidstone Kent. On the A343 Andover to Salis- know George well! As I’m sure a lot June 15th & 16th bury Road (Hampshire). 10 am of you already know, there are 800 August 10th & 11th to 5 pm both days. acres of flying space--England’s Largest Lawn!, of which some will We have been looking through Next year we have been able to ar- be allocated for buggying (please some old files and found a range two events, the first one be- adhere to this!).