Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

Issue 47: Festival Layang Layang

In mid February I had the opportunity to attend the Pasir Gudang kite festival in [...]

Issue 47: Kite Party 4

I attended Kite Party for the first time last year, and enjoyed it so much [...]

Issue 47: Zilker Park Kite Festival

This year I had the pleasure of attending the 78th annual Zilker Park Kite Festival [...]

Issue 47: Review – French Connection

Specifications Manufacturer: New Tech Kites Model: French Connection Wingspan: 90 ” Height: 41″ Weight: 354g [...]

Issue 47: Review – Freestylist

Specifications Manufacturer: Skyburner Kites Model: Freestylist Wingspan: 88″ Height: 41″ Weight: 298g Type of kite: [...]

Issue 47: Review – Nebula

Specifications Manufacturer: Ron Phipps Model: Nebula Wingspan: 84″ Weight: 317g Type of kite: Polyvalent (tricks [...]

Issue 47: Festival Layang-Layang (Gallery)

Photos by Brian Champie

Issue 47: Up the River Festival (Gallery)

Photos by Caitlyn Bartlemay

Issue 47: Kite Party 4 (Gallery)

Photos by John Chilese

Issue 47: Zilker Park Kite Festival (Gallery)

Photos by Greg Wedeking

Issue 46: From the Editor

Out of the winter doldrums and into full swing of the 2006 kite season… Having [...]

Issue 46: AKA Corner

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

Issue 46: Dave’s World: KTAI

We’re traveling home today from sunny Florida where we’ve spent the past week at the [...]

Issue 46: Drachen Foundation Archives

Is a replicate Blue Hill Box kite part of the DF Archive? No. The recently [...]

Issue 46: Letters to the Editor

We don’t hear from our visitors HARDLY enough, and are always thrilled to post comments [...]

Issue 46: REVisions: Bicycle, Bicycle!

Like riding a Bike… One of the big mysteries for new quad line fliers is [...]

Issue 46: Empty Spaces – Al Hargus III

On December 10th, Al Hargus III passed away while in front of his computer, no [...]

Issue 46: Applique – How do they do it?

The focus of this article is to help explain with both words and photos just [...]

Issue 46: A Modest Proposal to Change the World

In the last issue of Kitelife (#45) there is an excellent letter from Terry “TeeCee” [...]

Issue 46: Betty’s Last Convention

This was Betty’s 14th convention; Her first was an impromptu, impulsive thing to attend the [...]

Issue 46: Kites vs. Kite Birds

AHMEDABAD — As many as a million kites soared aloft over Indian cities on January [...]