Category Archives: Issues (1998-2011)

2004 AKA Convention – Day 1

Drum roll please… Oh yes ladies and gentlemen, the American Kitefliers Association annual Convention is [...]

Issue 38: From the Editor

Hello and welcome back for issue 38 of Kitelife! We’re especially proud of this month’s [...]

Issue 38: AKA Corner

Its Convention time again! In just a few weeks, AKA members from around the country, [...]

Issue 38: Dave’s World

We’ve got a seven hour lay-over in Frankfurt. That’s time enough to check email again, [...]

Issue 38: Letters to the Editor

Having been a part of the greater kiting family for so long now, I always [...]

Issue 38: ProFile with the Bay Area Sundowners

When I started flying in August of 1990, I stumbled into my first kite festival [...]

Issue 38: Ben Franklin’s Electric Kite – Part 1

To many kitefliers and to the rest of the non-flying world Benjamin Franklin is considered [...]

Issue 38: ProFile with Carl Bragiel

I met Carl for the first time a couple years ago at the 2003 Crescent [...]

Issue 38: Under a Blue Moon

Flying kites and the idea of flying with friends has a major appeal to me. [...]

Issue 38: ProFile with Cristoph Riddle

I first had the pleasure of meeting Christoph at the Berkeley Kite Festival in 2003… [...]

Issue 38: Bruce Lambert’s Tips – Adjusting a fighter kite for optimum performance!

Here’s the goal or objective for adjusting a fighter kite: Adjust the kite so its [...]

Issue 38: Tangler Fighter Kite Plans

Specifications [fourcol_one]Sail Bow Spine Battens[/fourcol_one] [twocol_one]Ultra-light Orcon, Icarex or polyfilm .06″ carbon rods, 24 9/16″ [...]

Issue 38: “No Secrets” Trains Pt. 2

When I wrote the original No Secrets Handbook of Kite Trains back in 1990 (and [...]

Issue 38: Environmental Protection

Environmental pollution is a growing concern worldwide, alternative energy sources and clean up efforts are [...]

Issue 38: Washington State International Kite Festival

For years I had heard all about WSIKF, but never made it having been a [...]

Issue 38: Washington State International Kite Festival (results)

People’s Choice Flier Neil Dawson Dick Curran Ronda Brewer People’s Choice Kite Eric Wilson Pink [...]

Issue 38: Yaripa Kite Festival

It was good to be back. Ada and I have been in Colombia before, two [...]

Issue 38: Berkeley Kite Festival

Having first picked up a kite in the bay area, I always make a point [...]

Issue 38: Southern Oregon Kite Festival

It happens every summer; for 2 days in July and for the past 12 years, [...]

Issue 38: Fighter Kite World Cup

The Call went out to all fighter kite fliers to meet at the 2004 Washington [...]

Issue 38: Cleveland Kite Festival

Kitefliers from all across the Midwest gathered on September 11-12 for the Cleveland Kite Festival [...]