Kite Lines - Vol.3 No. 1 - KiteLife

of. IngrahamRobert Meston Phipps: WsCopyright © Verve Enterprises, Inc . 1980Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part,is strictly prohibited without prior writtenconsent of the publishersKite Limes is the comprehensive internationaljournal of kiting and the only magazine of itskind in America . It is jointly published b yFishergate Publishing Co., inc., of Annapolis.MD. and serve Enterprises, inc ., with editorialoffices at 7106 Campfield Road .. Balti-more, MD 21207, USA, telephone : (301)484-6257. Kite Lines is on file in the librariesof the NationalAir and Space, Museum, Smithsoni an ; the National Oceanic and AtmosphericSciences Administration; The National Geographicand the University of Notre Dame'sSports and Games Research collection .Publishers : Fishergate Publishing C o ., Inc .,Editor: Valerie GovigAssociate Editor: Richard F . Kinnaird, Jr .Business Consultant: Kalman IllyefalviCirculation/Reader Services : Ju dith Fae cher Design and Mechanicaland Cathy PasqualeBritish Correspondents : Ron Moultonand Clive C . O . RawlinsonEditorial Advisory Panel: R ay Holland, Jr .Guy D. Aydlett A. Pete lanuzziWilliam R . BiggeRobert M . I ngrahamBevan H . Brown Domina C. JalbertWyatt Brummitt Nat KobitzWood Ellis Arthur KurlePaul Edward Garber C urtis Marshall, M.D.Melvin Govig Robert S. PriceEdwin L . Grauel John F . Van GilderGars lime,: II 1 YolenKite associations and clubs are located aroundthe U.S . and the world . Kite Lines works forand with all of them and maintains anupdated file on them . Write for informationabout your nearest group-Subscriptions to Kite Lines : O ne(4 i ssues), $9.00: two years (8 issues), $17.00.Single copies of current or back issues areavailable able (J) $2.>0 ($3.100 overseas) fromAmerica's finest kite shops or the journaloffices . Postage outside the U . S . . its possessionsand Canada is $1 .00 per year additional.Air mail rates for foreign mailings are $3 .00per year additional for Latin Ame rica, $5 .00per year additional for Europe and Israel ; and$7 .00 per year additional for all othercountries . All foreign drafts must he in U .S .dollars through a U .S . bank or the past office .Change of Address: Attach or copy mailinglabel in letter, givingnew address. If mailing label is wrong, please correct it. 1r.Advertising rate sheet and information isavailable upon request .Contributions and correspondence are alwaysinvited . Enthu siasts who contemplate sendingsubstantial material should request our guidelinesfor writers and photographers . Return ofunsolicited material cannot be guaranteedunless, accompanied by ample stamps andenvelope, self-addressed. Accuracy of contentsKite responsibility Lines is the of individualcontributors- Diverse views pre=sented in hireLines are not necessarily those of the editor .publishers, staff or advisory panelists .Closing Dates for advertising, articles andnews are : Feb . 20 for Spring ; May 20 forSummer ; Aug . 20 for Fall ; Nov . 20 for 11 inset .Postmaster Second class postage paid at Baltimore. Maryland . If undeliverable, please sendaddress change Form 3579 to Kite Lines,7106 Campfield Road, Baltimore, MD 21207 .ContentsVolume 3, Number 1, Winter 1979-80A Brief Guide to Safe and Sure Kiting / 13A clip-out, spread-around, handy-dandy basic introduction .Profiles : George Ham's Parafoils Par Excellence / 20By Martin Payne Dowling . Patience and proficiency pay offin the imperial Parafoils of George Ham .The Great Contemporary Kites and their Inventors : First in a SeriesAndrew Jones, Ray Merry and the Flexifoil / 26By Tal Streeter . The most recent of modern original kites asdocumented by American sculptor Tal Streeter . The ongoingprocess of trial, error and inspiration in the developmentof the Flexifoil is explored .'79 EventsHigh Times in the Rockies / 31By Frances Weaver . The Beulah Valley Association forTethered Flight gathers kites for Mother's Day .Rising Again at Kill Devil Hills / 32By Mary E . Ames . Duneside escapades, hobnobbing andrites of the Wrights .Shirone Comes to Seattle / 37By Louise Crowley . The next-best thing to a trip to Japanis to have been in Seattle for the spectacular festivalof cultural exchange known as The Orient Expressed .The Manassas Second Annual / 40"As near to a perfect kite day as I ever hope to see ."The International Exposition of Asymmetrical Kites / 36Update : added prizes-Australian $20 (Hargrave) bills .The Miracle of Sagamihara / 42Story and Photographs by Carl Poehler, Jr . An astonishing kiteexperience and revelation carefully observed .Kites and the Cambodian Spirit / 44By Paul Galloway . Refugee children make and fly kites fromscraps to catch the wind-and perhaps the hearts of kiters .DepartmentsLetter from the Editor / 6Letters / 8What's New / 11New rotor kites reviewed by Guy D . Aydlett, with adigression on The Bull-roarer Effect .Design Workshop / 18Companion kites for fun and games : the Shooting Arrowand the Bull's-Eye Target . By Ed Grauel .Empty Spaces in the Sky . . . / 22The death of William M . Allison .Innovations / 24The Facet Kite by Stephen J . Robinson . A new directioninto geometric exoskeletal kites . Comment by Curtis Marshall .Directory of Outlets / 35Classifieds / 46CoverGeorge Ham sews the "superstar" of his kite collection, theAmerican Flag Parafoil . It's the latest of 15 models he has madein a range of sizes and visual effects to stun onlookers atSan Francisco's Marina Green . Martin Payne Dowling tells thestory in words and photographs (see pages 20-2 1) .