Category Archives: AKA Corner

A series of articles about the American Kiting Association

Issue 63: AKA Corner

Hello there. I hope this finds you well and with time and weather to fly [...]

Issue 62: AKA Corner

Convention: Convention was great. We had plenty of room. We had good wind when we [...]

Issue 61: AKA Corner

Convention 2008 – Gettysburg, PA – Come Fly in to History with us. September 22 [...]

Issue 60: AKA Corner

This is your AKA. Please tell us what we can be doing for you. Anyone [...]

Issue 59: AKA Corner

The American Kitefliers Association was founded in 1964 by the late Robert M. Ingraham of [...]

Issue 58: AKA Corner

Some thoughts on the Treasure Island Kite Festival. Some of the joys of being AKA [...]

Issue 57: AKA Corner

People ask me all the time how I got in to kite flying. The answer [...]

Issue 56: AKA Corner

What does the AKA have for sport kite oriented fliers and festival organizers? Lots of [...]

Issue 55: AKA Corner

Thirty Years ago, the members of the American Kitefliers Association gathered for the first time. [...]

Issue 54: AKA Corner

Do you know a great location for a kite festival and can’t figure out why [...]

Issue 53: AKA Corner

Greetings to all in kite land from here in Minnesota where the lakes are still [...]

Issue 52: AKA Corner

Hi, everyone! It’s Region 8 Director, Gayle Woodul, stepping in as Guest Commentator for the [...]

Issue 51: AKA Corner

Hello from the new president. The AKA is part of my family, and I am [...]

Issue 50: AKA Corner

After six years, this will be my final AKA column for KiteLife. Most of you [...]

Issue 49: AKA Corner

Dues. Why does AKA need us to pay dues to be a member? I’ve often [...]

Issue 48: AKA Corner

Soon enough, it will be AKA election time again. AKA is governed by a twenty [...]

Issue 47: AKA Corner

AKA is back in the raffle business. Several years back, the Association organized a series [...]

Issue 46: AKA Corner

If you are a member of a kite club, the group can affiliate with the [...]

Issue 45: AKA Corner

It is curious to watch people who become AKA members, and then after a while, [...]

Issue 44: AKA Corner

By the time you read this, AKA will have announced election results. Mail ballots are [...]

Issue 43: AKA Corner

Since the demise of the publication, Kite Lines, the kiting community has been without an [...]