Download Kite Lines - Vol. 06 No. 4 (Summer-Fall 1987)

Cover Story: The Song Hong kites of Buriram, Thailand, part of the Pattaya International Kite Festival, by Valerie Govig (cover photo by Alberto Cassio). Features: Rules for the International Indoor Kite Efficiency Challenge in Washington, DC, by Bill Bigge; Corey Jensen on flying kites down Baja way; Departments: Letter from the Publisher: on passing a circulation milestone; What's New: Kites: Liddell Aviation's Giant Diamond, three birds from Sky Delight (the Cockatoo, Eagle and Parrot) and Dinosaur Kite's Quetzalcoatlus Northropi; What's New: Books: Drachen bauen (Kite Making) by Backes and Wir bauen Drachen (Let's Make Kites) by Winkel; Kitechnology: Phil Modjeski on heat-sealing plastics, Anne Sloboda on coloring nylon and an update from Frank Kieser on safely cutting boron; Design Workshop: the Sher-Bird delta-Conyne by John Sherburne; Stunt Diary: a new department, with Valerie Govig at the East Coast Stunt Kite Championships, Wildwood, NJ; Quickites: Margaret Holzbauer and Jack Van Gilder on making Sisson sleds with groups of children; Ultimate Questions: Leonard Conover and William Rutiser on determining critical kite angles; In the Wind: a proposed International Kite Crematory Society plus other news; Empty Spaces in the Sky: Tony Cyphert and Ansel Toney; For the Record: mostkites-on-a-line in Japan, Dan Eisaman kiting across Lake Michigan, stunt kite speed in Oregon and 1,141 figure-eights in one hour in France; Best of Show: the Doppio Esagono of Silvio Maccherozzi, photo by Jacques Fissier.