Author Archives: Al Hargus (RIP)

Issue 20: Tangents and Trivia

Happy New Year everyone! Well, kitefliers, it’s 2001. We made it over the holiday hill [...]

Issue 9: Tangents and Trivia

Chapter Nine – You Want To Do What? This chapter really starts way back in Detroit, [...]

Issue 8: Kite Colors

The Influence of Color on the Flyability of Kites A great deal has been written [...]

Issue 8: Tangents and Trivia

Chapter Eight – Hey Mister! Can I Make One Of Those? In the last chapter [...]

Issue 7: Tangents and Trivia

Fish or Fowl? Tangent or Trivia? CHAPTER SEVEN – How many kites are there? In [...]

Issue 7: “No Secrets” Trains

THE  “NO SECRETS” HANDBOOK OF SINGLE LINE KITE TRAINS by Al Hargus INTRODUCTION Most kite [...]

Issue 7: Charlie’s BIG Kite Class

Charlie Sotich from Chicago is internationally famous for his small kites. Some of Charlie’s kites [...]

Issue 7: A Holiday Memory

Remembering Bob Ingraham Founder of the AKA by Al Hargus Most of you know that [...]

Issue 6: Tangents and Trivia

Chapter 6 The East Coast Stunt Kite Championships In May of 1986 Lee Sedgwick, Gary [...]

Issue 6: Death of a Hero

At the AKA Convention, we were saddened to learn of the death of Olan Turner, [...]

Issue 6: World Cup Diary

World Cup Sport Kite Championships – Dieppe, France A Diary of Events From September 7-14, [...]

Issue 6: Field Crew Manual

The “No Secrets” Handbook for Sport Kite Competition Field Crews Introduction Sport kite competitions have [...]

Issue 5: Tangents and Trivia

A History Lesson CHAPTER FIVE – “HOW FAR WILL YOU DRIVE FOR A KITE FESTIVAL?” The [...]

Issue 3: Tangents and Trivia

So, here we go again! Has a month passed already? I’m not sure about the [...]

Issue 2: Tangents and Trivia

Had a really great time with responses from many of you on Chapter One of [...]

Issue 1: Tangents and Trivia

These pages will document the wanderings of a confessed kite addict. I’ve learned an awfully [...]