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| Peter Lynn Giant Show Kites | Gomberg Kite Productions International |
Click here for the
Kite Event Calendar:
A list of kite events and festivals throughout the northeastern
USA.
http://members.cox.net/kiter/clndr.shtml
| How to make a great flying kite out of a bag from FedEx Kinko's. |
| Click here for links to Kite Pictures Pages | Our Kite Sewing Workshops Page |
| Kite
Sewing 101, all the basics of sewing nylon and polyester into kites, as presented at the American Kitefliers Association National Convention in Ocean City, Maryland in October, 2002 |
Our Kite Workshops for Kids Page |
Our local kite stores who support our kite events: |
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| Peter Lynn Giant Show Kites | Gomberg Kite Productions International |
Quick page/site navigation:
Click on what you want to find in this table:
If you are looking for information about any kinds of kites,
we hope we have a way to find the information here.
If you don't find what you are looking for, please e-mail me and I can try
to point you in the right direction:
E-mail: gengvall@cox.net
E-mail Maggie at: maggiekite@cox.net
Kite Stores: |
Our closest kite store is |
On the South Shore (near Boston): |
A great way to find a Kite Store |
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Kite
Clubs:
The best way to get into kite flying is to join a kite club near you.
There are local and regional Kite Clubs all over the world.
There is a list of some Northeastern USA clubs with links to their information
pages on the Notheast USA Kite Events Page:
http://members.cox.net/gengvall/events.html
Looking for a kite club near you in the USA?
The American Kitefliers Association home page is the place to start:
On the AKA page, at the top left, click on 'Table of Contents', then on
'Regional'.
Then, on the map, click on your State.
The American Kitefliers Association
Where to fly and what is happening?
There is a list of events in the eastern USA, and
links to Web sites for several kite clubs, on the Kite Events Calendar
page:
Kite Events in N.E. USA
The Grandaddy of all stunt kite competitions, the original and still the best, the East Coast SKC, and the Wildwood International Kite Festival, will be held Memorial Day Weekend in Wildwood, NJ, USA. For more information, please E-mail Roger Chewning at Sky Festivals: E-mail Sky Festivals
Eastern League Stunt Kite Association: http://www.easternleague.net/
Kite
Plans:
6 Foot
Rokkaku
8 Foot
Rokkaku
Kite Books
Circoflex Plans
Kinko's Bag Sled
Kite
Catherine's
Wheel
Super-duper kite sites for KIDS
!!!
David Ellis' Resource Page:
http://kckiteclub.org/DaveEllis/index.htm
The Virtual Kite Zoo Catalog:
http://www.kfs.org/kites/zoo/catframe.html
Other Kite sites with plans:
The best site on the Web for Kite Plans is Pete Peters' site:
http://www.win.tue.nl/~pp/kites/
Check out Peter deJong's Page for even more info.
Peter deJong .
Anthony Thyssen's page
Anthony Thyssen's Kite
Workshop has my Kinko's paper bag Sled Kite plan on it.
Here's how to use the computer to find out
lots more about kites.
Usenet Newsgroup rec.kites, IRC, e-mail groups and more;
Kites &
computers
Want to buy or sell a used kite?
Check out the Kite Classified Ads web site:
http://www.primoweb.com/kites
Want to go to other kite pages?
Here is a page with lots of links:
http://www.net-link.net/~mawood/links.htm
Photo by Alice Hayden.
The picture above is of a (Samuel Franklin) Cody War Box kite that I made. It was the first time I had attempted to make something that size without any plans. It is built around S.F.Cody's favorite measurement, 6. It is 6 feet long, front to back, with a 6 inch "rake" or forward lean. Each box is 2 x 2, making the main Box kite 4 feet wide, 2 feet tall, and 6 feet long. Each portion of wing is 2 feet wide, making each wing tip 5 feet away from the box, for a total wingspread of 14 feet. The material is 3/4 ounce Icarex (polyester). The longerons are K-75 fiberglass, and the cross sticks are FL-505 fiberglass. All of the fittings are ABS plastic rod cut to length, center drilled for sticks, and cross drilled for line.
NOTE: I am frequently asked for plans for this Cody Kite. I want to make it clear: There aren't any plans! Yes, I made templates and yes, those have been occasionally loaned out so other people could make this kite. But plans simply don't exist.
I make a lot of kites, single line and dual line. Will fly quad (4) line kites under duress. I also make and fly fighters and rokkaku's.
Stacks of kites are favorites of mine, especially a stack of 28 Dyna Kite
Colormasters (above). My wife and I each have a 12 stack of 1987 vintage
wooden framed Dyna Kite Flightmasters. We recently added a 12 stack each
of the new carbon frame Dyna Kite Stuntmasters. I have a stack of 24 Trlbys
(I have flown 100 Trlbys at once), 12 stack of hyper kites, a 5 stack
of Flexifoil (6 foot wide) Stackers.
If you are looking to get together with other Kiters in the Northeast USA,
The ConnectiKITERS is a very active Kite Club that would love to hear from
you.
Clicking here,
ConnectiKITERS , will take
you to their web page.
Another very active northeastern USA kite club is the
New York Kite Enthusiasts.
They are located mostly around Albany, NY.
Maggie & Gary Engvall
Gary E-mail: gengvall@cox.net
Maggie E-mail: maggiekite@cox.net
Yves LaForest may phone us at (401) 942-3606
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