Oh yes, I remember Peter Powell. My first kites (in 1986) were a
formation with three "ace", a construction similar to the Peter Powell
stunt kites. Today I like flying my modern trick-kites from time to
time, but since some years I build and fly replikas of historic
single-line kites.
Charlie L.
Piers Hemy wrote:
> I was going to say "Blow me" but in the context of kites that might be taken
> as a forced pun, which it wasn't, so I won't. But still, I am taken aback
> at the breadth of interests shown here - they may be OT, but they sure are
> shared - although in my case it's decades since I flew kites - 2-line stunt,
> parafoil and delta (before I bought my first OM, that's how long ago).
> Anybody remember Peter Powell?
>
> And Chris might be able to tell those of us over here the maximum height we
> can fly kites without incurring the wrath of ATC!
>
> --
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of AG Schnozz
> Sent: 11 May 2006 15:45
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Absolutely OT - Interesting video of multiple kites being
> flown
>
>
>> It's impressive watching him in person -- he's the most
>> carved-out-of-oak guy I've ever seen, what with standing out in the
>> sun and wind bare-chested for decades and all. It also blows me away
>> how variable the wind can be and not affect him -- I have different
>> kites for different levels of wind, he just digs his heels in..
>>
>
> I haven't flown competitively for the past two seasons as the cost of
> competition has gone up so much. We're doing stunts now that my collection
> of kites just will not do.
>
> -snip
>
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