Download Kite Lines - Vol. 08 No. 3 (Spring 1991)

Cover Photo: The 1,200-seam cellular kite of Italy's Silvio Maccherozzi. Features: David Gomberg on kite pin collecting; Tal Streeter on the whistling kites of Nantong, China; William G. Wing on estimating angles of flight; David G. Dobbs on a 4th of July kite memory. Departments: Letter from the Publisher: on the environmental aspects of kiting; What's New: Kites: a fistful of fighters, including the Black Feather, Martin Lawrence's Merlin fighter and Stan Swanson's Japanese Bee; What's New: Books: Go Fly a Kite by Boxtel, Fly Kites by Pelham and Tezukuri Omoshiro, Dako Nyumon (A Primer of Interesting Handmade Kites) by Ohashi; Design Workshop: the Wind Shot stunt kite by Mark Lohrey; Tips & Techniques: Mel Semler's "Flying Wedge" line lock and Simon Freidin's line ascender; Empty Spaces in the Sky: Alfred E. Hartig and Henry H. Boutwell; For the Record: Tony Sparrow on the world's longest kite flying in Monpellier, France, with inside commentary from Michael Trouillet; In the Wind: kites on museum display in Western Australia and other news; Best of Show: the crane kite train of Eiji Ohashi, photo by Takashi Ohashi.