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The unique 3D shape Is .symmetrical both left-to-right Airbow Kite and top-to-bottom, giVIng the kite equal stabtllty ; ~W"b~w ... £190 ,:~ ·1BW1 'f.C:.;..( ..."1 {;&,_,_.._ In powered flight in all dl.rectlons and unprecedented ~ .""(._-.·.• • ...,;,.., ·~,.._.., . ;N.;. ~,-.. •..,. N . · ·-~..,_.,.... recoverablllty from slack line trtek and freestyte flying. Switchgrip handles Swltchgrips are also available {Alrbow dedicated handles) £24 Flying Techniques is an instructional DVO presented by three of the UK's most respected sport kite flyers; Andy Wardley, Cart Robertshaw & James Robertshaw The OVO Is aimed at the kite flyer who wants to take their Flying ·, ~ :. ~ skills to the next level and ls presented in a way that even Techniques a complete novice can follow. :<lij-..,\:;~ ~ . ,w.. .;..:, ~ ·:.->;:;;. ~ /{~ _::::: .:, ?(~ It also details the methods for creating flying routines and concentrates DVD ~'"''*"· ~.. ' on the skills required to master four line and two line sports kites -~~. 2!.-~~ including the Airbow, Revolution, Gemini, Matrix and Dot Matrix. £20 ' .-» ... :X Flying Techniques lasts 93 minutes and there are 20 mjnutes of extras. The Peak Is a new entry level trick kite from DIDAK With its high aspect ratio and its anti tangle trick line arrangement PEAK. makes it an ld.al kite for the intermediate flier wishing to team some of the more radical tricks, packaged complete with £48.90 Dyneema lines and Wriststraps. Para Kites new for 2004, these four colourful characters actually do fly as a kite! Ideally suited to the stronger wind conditions ~hese will find a place In most peoples kite bags. They are compleUy ready to go and just need tM flying line attached to the bridle and unfold the chute there ready to go! Para-Kites £9.30 each Or a set of four £35.00 Colors In Motion present a brand new tail for 2004 with there Translstion Tail, At 24ft in length its ideal as a stabiliser for an erratic kite or for when the wind is very strong. the unique stripe wm create an eyecatching display item. Transistion Tail £9.00 Kite people of the world! Dont forget here at Dunst.able Kites we still keep a huge tan(Je of fixtures and fitting& of all shapes and sizes, we have even baen known to find Illusive or long lost parts! Our Ripstop range always has a wide variety of colours including the standard 14 colours of Spiraglyde, but we dont just stop there we also have wind meters, books, line, handles and many more bits and pieces needed to make that new kite. So don't delay call us today! Windsocks and Windgames Yes still popular as ever we have a huge collection of these items available so many that to list them all would need a Kiteflier magazjne of its own to house them all. You can see most of these items at Kite festivals throughout the show season. We continue to update OUI" webslte but with so many Items its hard to keep upl Dont forget our new Phone Number is 01525 229 773. See you on the Flying fields. The Kite Society of Great Britain P. O. Box 2274 Gt Horkesley Letters 4 Colchester Brookite Company 5 Essex Recollections 8 CO6 4AY Indra Fighter 10 Tel: 01206 271489 More Box Kites 11 Bits & Pieces 14 Email: [email protected] Eyeclops 17 http://www.thekitesociety.org.uk Exceptional Kites 18 Editorial vals for these. Next issue we Events List 23 will have the price sorted out! Dear Reader Event News 25 Welcome to the 99th issue—only Aerodyne 30 Finally—despite the popular be- one more to go! lief, the Kite Society does not Roman Candle 36 provided insurance for mem- Usually in this issue we have the bers. However, this may soon Membership Information change as we are in negotia- The main vehicle of communication group and trade directories. between members is the quarterly With the prevalence of the web tions at present with the provid- publication ‘THE KITEFLIER’. and the volatility of the infor- er and hope to have full details published in January, April, July and soon. October of every year. ‘THE mation we have decided not to KITEFLIER’ contains news of do this. A printed handbook will forthcoming kite festivals, kite retailer news, kite plans, kite group news and a be available at the festivals but See you all on the field some- comprehensive events list. if you require one to be sent to where you then please send us an A5 Other benefits of membership include sized stamped addressed enve- free, or reduced, entry into selected kite festivals in the U.K., special parking lope with 21p for 2nd class post- Gill and Jon arrangements where possible, discount - age. from 5% to 15% - on all kite purchases from the majority of kite retailers in the For the 25th year we are pro- U.K. ducing some limited edition cloth badges—round this time. A membership ‘year’ runs for four issues of ‘THE KITEFLIER’. plus other Together with a small number of occasional mailings. Each member baseball caps. See us at festi- receives a membership card entitling them to free entry and discount. If you wish to join The Kite Society Private Ad. please send your name and address (plus the names of any supplementary To Let: I have a holiday apartment in Dieppe (sleeps up to 6) and it members) and your payment for the occurred to me that some of your members may be interested in ac- appropriate membership type, to the commodation for the Dieppe International Kite festival. It is on the address shown above. All cheques, Quai du Hable which is literally 100 metres from the beachfront at Di- made payable to ‘The Kite Society’ and, for overseas members, should be eppe. If anyone is interested in this they should contact Patrick O'Fla- drawable in the U.K. and be in sterling. herty. Home 0208 664 8845 Mobile 07740 376863 Correction. In the last magazine (issue 98 page 15) Membership Type Fee the Geometric Sphere was incorrectly attributed. The Individual £10.00 correct author is Nicolas Wadsworth to whom we ex- tend our apologies. Family - all members in the £11.00 same household. Front Cover Photo. O.A.P. £8.00 The kite on the cover is called “Odyssee” and is built by Sonja Graichen one of the invited kitefliers to Weymouth this year. 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 Surface Mail be held responsible for any errors or omissions that occur. Opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Editors or The Kite Overseas - Airmail £16.00 Society. Page 4 25th Anniversary - 1979-2004 The Kiteflier, Issue Letters From Ron Dell fear of people thinking I’m a limp wrist!. Checking Thank you all most sincerely for the Christmas out modern sewing machines (thanks to the lovely greetings you sent me, they all helped me in my Joan at Allders’ sewing machine centre..) is well hour of need. Pat would be proud to know that you worth doing and I’d be interested to know what oth- are all looking out for me in your own way. Sorry to er kitemakers are using and why! Yes I guess I’m anyone that I did not send a card to, I was thinking talking sewing-machine road tests here! Ooops! of you all. We have contacted the hospital regarding the Pat From Jerry Swift fund that now stands at £6359. We are awaiting a The next meeting to discuss the possible formation reply as to what we can do with the money to assist of the British Kite Flying Association will be at Holy- them in their good work. I will keep you posted. head School, Milestone Lane, Holyhead Road, Handsworth, Birmingham B21 0HN (thanks to the My best regards to you all, see you when the sun Headmaster, staff and Bill Souten) on Saturday 23rd shines. May 2004. From Raymond Ashby The meeting will start at 10.30 with the working Has anybody else tried this, or is it just me? The kite groups discussing their proposals. It is hoped that I’ve been working on for some time now is a seven these can be published on the BKFA website in ad- foot wingspan dragonfly – scaled up from a Chinese vance of the meeting. After lunch, we will start the bamboo and paper kite (you know the ones – hip- main meeting at 2.00 pm. The meeting has only one pies used to hang them on the wall as decoration) thing to decide: are we going to set up BKFA as an that I bought from the Covent Garden Kite store in unincorporated association. the Seventies. The timing of this meeting is not ideal. We appreci- Part of my efforts in trying to get my scaled-up ate that it is close to the beginning of the season dragonfly to stabilise involved making a multi- and few of us will be thinking about setting up asso- drogue tail and it seemed important to get the ciations around now: I suspect most of us are realis- drogue sections as accurate as poss – so I drew ing all those jobs we meant to do over the winter them out on computer with the idea of printing out a and just didn't get round to...
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