June Monthly Fly

At Lakeview Park on June 27th, we had our monthly club kite fly. There were around 20 members who came out to sunny/cloudy skies and 8 to 15km winds. I arrived at 1:00, and the winds were on the low end. There were several kites flying steadily up a few hundred feet. Donna informed me that the winds would pick up at 2:00. I assembled my crossdeck, and proceeded to coax it into the upper steady winds.



Greg and his son were out and both flying dual lines.

Donna switched out her power sled for a genki after about a half an hour.

Donna was right the winds pick up around 2.

Here is the line laundry Donna attached to the genki.

Tyrone had 2 parrot kites, this one was about 12" (30cm) wide.

Big brother was about 24" (60cm) wide.

Nancy got out a tribute to the sixties...a flower power Buka! This was the one she made at the 2008 workshop and decorated it with flowers.

Although the winds were steady and the sun was shining, the clouds moved in and out and so did the winds. 2 times during the afternoon the wind died to nothing. All the kites came down and we had time to mingle and catch up on kite news. During the conversation Bob Luft mentioned about a 17 year old epileptic boy Conner Doran who flew an indoor Rev style kite on America's Got Talent. View the you tube video of Conner I guess we all have some practicing to do for next time we have an indoor kite fly!

At 3:30 the winds died for the second time and I decided to pack up. I said my goodbyes and headed home. The next monthly fly will be on July 25th. We will be having the usual on field meeting finalizing the arrangements for the annual Canal Days Kite Festival on August 1st. See you all in a month!