January 1 ..... ". AKA American Kitefliers Association 1988 Officers and Executive Committee Regional Directors President Corresponding Secretary Region 1: New England Region 7: Northwest Central Corey Jensen Earl Stokes CT. NH, MA, ME, RI, VT lA, IL, MN, WI Windborne Kites 21316 Glen Place Carl Poehler AI Hargus . III 9 4705 585 Cannery Row #12 Vine Street W. Byron 02176 60641 Suite 105 Cupertino. CA 95014 Melrose, MA Chicago. IL 617/662-6999 Monterey. CA 93940 408/996-9531 312/545-9572 408/373-7422 (office) 408/372-7922 (home) Recording Secretary Region 2: New York State Region 8: Mountain Cherie McFadden Jerry Gorsuch AZ, CO, /D, MT, ND, NE, NM, 380 First Vice President Kitemakers of San Francisco Grimsby Street NV, SD, Uf, WY 10306 Rick Kinnaird 838 Grand Avenue Staten Island, NY Scott Skinner 19630 6015 Benalder Drive San Francisco, CA Blue Clover Lane Bethesda. MD 20816 Region 3: Penn-Jersey Monument. CO 80132 303/481-4260 301/229-1708 Treasurer NJ, PA Steve Rubin Scott Spencer 3601 Second Vice President Wind borne Kites Elmertown Avenue Region 9: Southwest 17109 Frank Brinkman 585 Cannery Row Harrisburg. PA AR, KS, MO, OK, TX 105 717/652-8470 363 Mustang Street Suite Richard Dermer San Jose. CA 95123 Monterey. CA 93940 121 S. McFarland 408/224-4590 408/373-7422 Stillwater, OK 74074 Region 4: Mid-Atlantic 405/372-6127 (home) 405/372-4777 Third Vice President Delegate at Large DC, DE, MD, VA, WV (office) Pete Ianuzzi Ed Wright Cindy Edeiken 1908 Old Frederick Road 7 Clark Creek Circle (new address to be announced) Region 10: Pacific Northwest Baltimore. MD 21228 WA, BC Clayton , CA 94517 AK, HI, OR, 415/672-6486 3011744-47754 Rick Talbott Route I Region 5: South Box 256-D Past Presidents AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, Banks. OR 97106 Robert Price John F. (Jack) Van Gilder SC, TN 508/324-5070 Burtonsville, MD Seattle. WA Charlie Henderson 3044 Anthony Drive Region 11: Northern Calif. 30033 W.D. (Red) Braswell Miller S. Makey, Sr. Decatur. GA Monterey Co. & North 404/292-0649 Manassas, VA Grove City, OH Bob McCort 801 Carson Avenue Region Northeast Central 95336 Bevan Brown Margo Brown 6: Mantexa. CA 209/823-3212 McLean, VA McLean. VA IN, KY, MI, OH Fred Bell 1640 Founder Sponsor Members Westwood Avenue Region 12: Southern Calif. Columbus,OH 43214 Robert Ingraham Red Braswell South of Monterey County 614/231-1559 315 N. Bayard Street Wood Wllis Don Sch losser 8051 Silver City, NM 88061 George Moran Dawn Circle 505/538-9083 Hod Taylor La Palma, CA 90623 714/821-8784 Honorary Members Melvin and Valerie Govig Region 13: International Adrian Conn 344 Dieppe Street Windsor, Ontario AKA Mailing Address: Canada N8S 3V2 1 SS9 Rockville Pike 519/948-8819 Rockville, MD 208S2 �III�, January 1988 Volume , 10, #1 ';'!!� ifi"�� ��.� 1,1' Keep UpWith Kiting � In this Issue Kiting is the official publication of the American President's Letter 2 Kitetliers Association (AKA). It is published six times a year--in January. March. May. July. September. and President's Acceptance Speech 2 November--for the information of AKA members. member­ Kite Plans- merchants and supporters. Copyright@ 1987. TheDKDeita 3 7 Corey Jel/seIl, AKA President Night Flying Ruth E. Thaler. Editor Boxkites 9 Margaret Greger's Delta 23 AKA Mailing Address: Editorial O.llice: News and Notes 6,7 1559 Rockville Pike 2311 18th Street NW. 3 I'd Floor Rockville. MD 20852 Washington. DC 20009 1988 Convention News 8 Calendar 12 Editorial Board Members oJ tile Editorial Hoard provide articles. lec//flical 1989 Convention Planning 18 review alld advice to the editor of Kiting. An Aerial Treasure Hunt 19 Fred Bell. Bill Bigge, Red Braswell. Bevan Brown. Margo Regional Reports- Brown, Jon Burkhardt. Tom Casselman , Dr. Paul E. Garber, Region 7 18 Pete Ianuzzi, Robert Ingraham, Hazel Ingraham, Nancy Northwest Stuntflying 20 Keating. Arthur Kurle. Charlie Sotich. Jack Van Gilder Wright Kite Festival 21 Sponsoring an AKA Convention Submitting Articles and Photos 22 Submissions to Kiling from AKA members are welcome. Executive Committee Minutes 23 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. Cover Caption AKA will extend membership six months to members whose photo(s) are used on the cover of Kiting. On a separate Cover pholo takell by Bill Kocfler al AKA IOlh National sheet of paper. please include photographer's name. date and C 01l\'£'/1 tioll. 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 Correction publication for articles, photos and event information : 15th Credit for the November 1987 center photo spread goes of the 1110nth before publication for camera-ready ads (August to Gary Chrebet. 10 and 15 for September issue. October 10 and 15 for No­ vember issue) . termed "casual wear." You know who you are! Enough! Lefs The Prez Sez: dress it up a bit. shall 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--flowing robes and bikinis (no - I promised!). The Chicago Sky Circus has the right idea. too. What clowns! Can I be one? Let's all 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 peanut butter cookie fly-off hasn't crumbled under the weight of their success. They're hot and they're rising! So. why can't we all have events like that? Wh[Jt is the magic? and the AKA could stand to grow some. too. Yes ... lefs recruit more members ... let's broaden our [Jppeal. .. we could 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 elsewhere) and fly there on a regular b[Jsis. H[Jve some AKA apps handy because fliers cOllie out of the J hopl" l"Vl"ryone W;lS plf'ilSl"d with thl" hig flln th;lt W;lS closet when they see a kindred soul. You might copy the had at the convention in D.C. ... [ know I remember forms in this m[Jg so as to relieve the nafI frol1l the slwtches. I hope that all the members who didn't bother to expense of copying and postage. vote in the elections are scared to death. What happened Many communities list events as a public service. Be to our club? Who is this crazy we've elected? It must be a sure to mention the "free wind." Be friendly. Memorize bad dream ... It will all go away ... No.. the insanity has Lenny Conover's stories on how to answer "the same old only begun. questions." Send us pictures of your events and maybe . Being president is ok. but it sounds like an we'll make you famous (like me). accollntants' club or something. After my speech at the At the risk of starting to take myself too seriously.. banquet. I heard cries o( "King".. "King" ..."K ing." I mllst let me Slim up my thoughts with a pertinent Bidenism: Ask admit that my sense of being caught up in something over not 'Nhat AKA can do for you. rather. ask what YOll can do my head is soothed by the thought of democratically for the AKA . electing a king each year. A "King of the Kitefliers" like In response to numerous reqllests--both for and the king of the Gypsies ... just the thing. Comments? against--and to dispel the ugly rllmors. I have consented Already I've been thrashed over the subject of to reprint my acceptance speech elsewhere in this issue. businesspeople in AKA. and told that the club is a cliche. After reading. please send me your applause. a joke. out of touch with the ordinary .Toe in the field . Keep it up! OK. one at a time ... If you're feeling fo rgotten. Joe. why not offer to help 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. Saying that the AKA is run by an Corey Jensen's elite clique is forgetting who [ am and what {"ve done. [ Acceptance Speech took this job despite the flying time I must sacrifice. I know ... big deal. I sure didn't do it for the money. I Delivered at AKA National Convention. October 10. 1987 think ifs an elaborate plot to get me to stay for an entire business meeting. I [Jm touched ... to spe[Jk to you tonight. As far as kite businesspeople in the AKA are concerned: First of all. let me thank Tllm Casselman... for making many of us were fliers long before there was an industry it a race. My track record. running unopposed. is and possibly are responsible for mllch of the integrity disappoi nti ng. to say the least.