Download Kite Lines - Vol. 02 No. 4 (Fall 1979)

Cover Story: A symposium: Monumentality in Kites (cover photo by Dave Checkley), including opinions on kite size from 23 fliers, a study by Pete lanuzzi of Japan's giants and his own design for the "bedsheet O'dako." Features: English lighthouse keeper Bill Trebilcock's kite fishing rig. Departments: Letter from the Editor: Kite Lines and the AKA; What's New: Kites: kites from Sri Lanka, (Dancing Cobra, Serendib Serpent, Flying Peacock, Flying Fish, Ceylonese Bird, Raven), Mandala Star and Soaring Wing; What's New: Books: Kites, Kites, Kites by Mitton; Profile by Jack Van Gilder on Seattle's Louise Crowley; For the Record: a traction feat across the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and 6-yearold Angus White flying a 24-foot delta in London; News from Here & There: Bill Temple on the Chicagoland Sky Liners, IL; the Detroit Kite Kaleidoscope, MI; Art Foran flying with youngsters, MT; Jim Linnen on the Long Island Kitefliers Association participation in an Energy Options Expo, NY; reports from the Ohio Society for the Elevation of Kites; Richard Robertson on his son John's cancer battle and George Craig on the Southwest Modelers Show, TX; Stormy Weathers on the Seafair Kiteflying Festival in Seattle, WA; news from the Australian Kite Association, including Helen Bushell's book, Four Standard Australian Kites; Garry Woodcock on the Canadian National Exhibition Kite Festival and the first newsletter of the Toronto Kitefliers; Tony Horan on the Irish Kitefliers Association; remembrances of Japan's Shingo Modegi by his son Masaaki and Dave Checkley; Alfred Darmenia Gay on the Malta Kitefliers Group; Design Workshop: Art Kurle's Super Conyne.