Kite Flyer
December Issue Route 66 Kite
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Kite Club Phoenix, AZ
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Descriptions
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Letter From The Director Mad Dog Dines (New) |
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The Next Couple Of Weekends |
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What Happened The Last Couple Of Weekends |
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Long Term Dates And Plans |
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Other Items Of interest |
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Questions To The Club |
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Unanswered Questions From Before |
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HELP ME! |
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Fun Stuff - Was “Inquiring Minds Want To Know” |
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Fun Stuff From E-Mail |
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Lost Puppies And Things For Sale |
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Club Fields That We Use (New) |
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Kite Stores And WEB Sites (New) |
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Club Structure etc. |
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Cover My Ass Legal Ease |
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Please Help Yourselves |
Notice And Reminder: I will be
publishing anything and everything that comes my way that relates to kites. If
you wish to communicate with me, and
DO NOT want something used in the Kite Flyer, please indicate what part of your
E-mail is private. Otherwise, everything is fair game. Send me
something, come on, I dare you! thomas.m.manson@boeing.com.
Directors Editorial (New)
Route
66 Kite Club Members and other interested flyers-------
I started the latest Route 66 Kite Club
mess and hopefully, within the next several paragraphs, can bring it to some
fruitful conclusion!
A very fine fighter kite builder and flyer
named Randy Shannon, from Flagstaff, started the Route 66 Kite Club several
years ago. A few of us remember flying
with him in Flagstaff, Prescott, and the surrounding areas of Phoenix. Randy eventually became our District
Representative and his time could no longer be spent with the Club. He gave it to a small group of flyers here
in Phoenix to carry it on.
The Club did well and it even had a
wonderful newsletter put out by Sherry and Jay Jeffries. Jay and Sherry even had their own yearly
kite fly that they sponsored themselves with Club members helping. We even
shared fly between our Club and the Coyote Kite Club in Tucson.
Somewhere between three and four years
ago, there was a falling out between Sherry and the then Club President, Rod
Shelton, over the newsletter and various other issues. The Club was said to be disbanded----and
that was that. A few of us continued to
fly together and Rod decided to keep the Club going.
I think that there were five core flyers
at that time so we all pitched in five bucks to cover the Club membership
fee. About a year later, Rod moved to
Florida for his job and he turned over the club to me. I continued to pay the dues for the Club and
I eventually did let those core flyers know that the Club was still a licensed
Club and did not ask for any dues from them.
A couple of you responded with dues and that was fine.
It was a selfish move on my part to
continue the Club but it's a great name for a Kite Club in Arizona. When we were a working, organized, and
viable Club, I was really proud to be a member. I didn't want some other group to take our name.
I also like to travel out of State to
other kiting events and it was always nice to say that I was a member of the
Route 66 Kite Club. Some who knew of
our Club and its problems would say that they thought the Club was no longer in
existence and I could proudly say that it was----and not go into any details.
A few months ago, I met Tom and Jane
Manson. They had been looking for kite
flyers to fly with in Arizona. Previously, they had only flown on occasions
when they drove to California on Harley Davidson rallies. As it happened, Tom found our Kite Club
listing on the AKA site on the Internet and called to get together and
fly. Tom, Jane, and I started to fly
together since it turned out we only lived about a mile apart. Tom and Jane
were the first two members to join and get the Club going again. Tom is a
software technician for Boeing Apache Helicopters. He is a very outgoing, gregarious, bull-in-a-china-shop type of
guy who speaks his mind freely----sometimes without regard to other people’s
feelings. If you’ll take the time to
get to know Tom, you’ll find that he is a very fun and caring person. He gives some of his free time each year to
a charitable event to raise money for Sunshine Acres----a boys and girls home
for unwanted children.
He carries a gun and a knife on his person
a lot of the time but has permits to do so.
He is quite knowledgeable in many kinds of weaponry and types of
self-defense. To some of us it was
quite a shock and quite distasteful to come to a kite outing with someone
wearing all this stuff. It prompted some negative comments from more than a few
kiters. Since this first confrontation
of to-wear-or-not-to-wear a gun has come to a head, Tom has positively
addressed the situation.
Tom asked if he could put together a
newsletter since he had room on his web site to host a number of
sub-sites. I was pleased that he offered
and he set upon putting together a very nice site. His only intent was to print kiting information in whatever form
it took and to print articles presented by the membership and/or any kiting
person that wished to have a say about kiting or kiting events. Unfortunately, some of the articles and
information disseminated to our membership and other interested flyers were
incorrectly stated. I will address and
discuss those circumstances later.
With this and some other negativity that
has been printed lately, I have had a conversation with Tom. Through some fine
ideas from our members and other interested parties, we have decided just to
make the news letter about flying sites, pictures of get-togethers, where to
buy kites, interesting anecdotes in “As the Axle Turns”, and where the weekend
flies will be. We are trying to spread the flying get-togethers around so no
one group will have to travel long distances all the time.
Tom has assured me that all this
negativity is over and done with and article printings will only be done on the
positive sides of kiting. We all have
enough conflict in our everyday jobs during the week and don't need to have
negativity in the sport we do for our relaxation and getaways.
Some negative articles were written about
the I-Maginations Play It By Air kite shop.
I-Maginations is not going out of business and I-Maginations is probably
the finest example of a kite shop in the State of Arizona. Joanne Grabbe and
Brian Leonard are two of the finest people in the business. They have done so much for kiting in the
State that it bears mentioning frequently.
They have a kite festival a couple times a year and they do seminars in
schools to get kids interested in kiting, they do various charitable events,
and they put up kite displays for businesses that want public attention.
Brian is one of the finest and most
experienced flyers in Arizona and is always willing to help you out with your
flying problems and to teach you the latest tricks. Besides flying, Brian is also a qualified builder of kites and
banners. In the back of his shop you
can find enough sewing machines, fabric and the like to build whatever you
please. Joanne does the business side
of the shop and sells crystals, candles, and various scent products. Both Brian and Joanne sell and demonstrate
kites. They are two fine people and
everyone should take the opportunity to visit their shop. Their shop is located in Tucson and has a
toll-free number of 1-877-326-3442.
Some friendships have been stressed during
these past few months and I only hope that this can all be put aside and we can
all get back to stress free friendships, kite flying, beer and/or soda
drinking, pizza and wings, and whatever lights our fires.
I hope this letter will help end any and all
of the negatives about the Route 66 Kite Club, its newsletter, and its
members. There will always be the
possibility of negative words coming to our ears and it is our responsibility
to check these out with that person or persons involved. I'd much rather receive a phone call to
check something out than reading it in print after the fact.
Everyone who flies kites is welcome to
join us, the Route 66 Kite Club or the Coyote Kite Club, as a Club member, or as
a flyer. We all come from a variety of backgrounds and yet we have this one
sport in common. A sport where we can
virtually go anywhere and immediately strike up friendships through our common
interest in----KITING!
I'm sorry about all the hurt caused by
these past events----I should have spoken sooner.
BILL
DINES, member, Route 66 Kite Club
Upcoming Flying Events
Note: All flying events will be from
12:00 noon through 4 or 5 p.m. unless otherwise posted.
Club Fly - 12/04/99 – Saturday: Will be at the Riverview
Park, (see the new Kite Field
Recommendations section for directions).
Possible dinner to follow.
Off Weekend Fly – 12/12/99 – Sunday: Will be at the
Sherminator Park, (see the new Kite Field
Recommendations section for directions).
Club Fly - 12/18/99 – Saturday: Will be at the Original
Hippie Park AKA Jim Jennings Park, (see the new Kite Field
Recommendations
section for directions). Possible
dinner to follow.
Off Weekend Fly – 12/26/99 – Sunday: Will be at the Plateau
Park, (see the new Kite Field
Recommendations section for directions). This will pretty much be a free
for all fly due to the holidays.
Club Fly – 01/01/2000
– Saturday: Will be at the Riverview Park, (see the new Kite Field Recommendations section for
directions). Possible dinner to follow.
New Year day fly for those of you without hangovers, or perhaps even with.
Note: By popular demand and the desire
to socialize after a fly with a meal and possibly drinks, the club flying
events will be moving, periodically,
to SATURDAYS!!! Stay tuned as to when
this will start. Park selection will be
alternated so that no single group of individuals will have to drive a long way
all of the time.
Special
Note: Jane
and I have purposely bought three
indestructible Beetles for guests! Please
do not hesitate to ask for them when you have a guest attending our events.
Latest Fly Report
Off Weekend Fly Report On The Sunday 11/13/99 Fly.
A few of us (Jim, Jonathan and myself) went out to Fountain Hills (see the
new Kite Field Recommendations section
for directions) last Sunday. The wind
was mostly still all afternoon. The only breezes (slight ones at that)
occurred while the fountain was running. We gave up at about 4:00 and
headed home.
- Chris The
Shermanator
I went to F.H. for the fly. Only
three people showed up, including myself. The wind was missing too. The only fly time was when the downdraft
from the Fountain created a breeze. We
had a Feather, 2 Pi, a 3D,a Ozone and Voodoo in the air at various times. Otherwise, it was a bust. Spent most of the day swapping tales of the
yesteryear and valley legends in the kiting scene. Not much of a showing for
the non-kiters. Just a bunch of
expensive sticks and string sitting around.
- Jonathan (Big Bad John) Hey! We need a nickname for this guy!
Club Fly Report On The Sunday 11/21/99 Fly.
This was the evaluation fly of
the new Plateau Park (see the new Kite Field Recommendations section for directions).
In my mind, this park was not just great, but FANTASTIC!!! If there is any wind
at all, this park will always have it. This park looks over the tops of houses
and trees and with the mountains facing southwest, and northeast of the field,
we should always get some kind of thermals pulling winds across the field. Due
to the elevation of this park, the non-flier visibility is awesome as well. We
constantly had numerous people coming up and sitting, or standing, and watching
the kiting. There was enough wind this weekend that we were able to get several
single liners up, and leave them up. Even the big 15 foot lift kite was up for
most of the day, and the new Helix windsock was spectacular hanging off of it
with the usual wind wheel and spinners. Several of us were flying two liners
with 50 and 60 foot tails for some spectacular effects in the sky. Later, when
we had a rather large crowd watching, several of us broke out our Beatles and
began to teach, including the usual try and crash, several of the younger
members of the audience. There were
boys and girls with ages ranging from 5 to 16. My granddaughter enjoyed the
show and the playground that was only 30 yards away. All in all this was a
wonderful fly with everyone enjoying the day, the show, and the non-fliers
interest. Hopefully we will make this a
regular park in our rotation.
Off Weekend Fly Report On The Sunday 11/27/99 Fly.
Nothing Ventured Nothing
Gained!
I went out on Thanksgiving day hoping to burn off some calories.
Unfortunately, I must have been flying backwards because the winds sucked!!
- Dennis The Menace
(This guy needs a new nickname, perhaps Fly’n Ryan could help?)
(Special Note: We need to find more parks with an audience to introduce
more non-fliers to the sport. Some discussion at the last fly was made of
parks that might fit the bill. Please send in your recommendations ASAP
so that we can start trying them out. thomas.m.manson@boeing.com.)
Future Events
Sunshine Acres Children’s Home/Orphanage Charity Event –
Currently being worked on. And has yet to be determined.
04/07-04/09/2000 - Kite Fest 2000 to benefit Homeward Bound. It will be at Del Webb's anthem this year,
and promises to be bigger and better than Kite Fest '99 was!!!! Lynn Trochelman
is on the planning committee again, and will be getting in touch with the local
flyboys and girls to recruit volunteers to help with a few things for this
year. Lynn will keep you posted as she gets more nailed down. Lynn can be
contacted at: flykites2@aol.com
05/12-05/14/2000 – Route 66 Kite
Club Fly With Our Sister Club the San Diego Kite Club (SDKC). Come and tryout some really great winds with
loads of fun for the whole family. Sea World, Old Down, Seaport Village,
Mission Bay, Mission beach, the ocean, shopping, and a myriad of other things
for the family to do. We will be joining the SDKC, (http://www.sdkc.net) at their Mission
Bay Park for a Sister club fly on Saturday, with a night fly on the beach
Saturday evening. A Saturday evening barbecue will be promoted as well. We
would like to have everyone stay at the same hotel if possible for easier
logistics. The “Beach Cottages” hotel is on Mission Boulevard and right on the
beach for everyone’s enjoyment with lots of shops and restaurants within easy
walking distance. The rooms run from $80/night through $250/night for a
two-bedroom cottage. Jane and I have a
one-bedroom cottage that we all can congregate at, so my recommendation is the
cheaper rooms. Everyone should get
their reservations in early because this is a popular place. Hope to see you
all there! (Notice: This date may be changing)
09/22-09/24/2000 – September
San Diego Sister Club in San Diego w/ the San Diego Kite Club Event.
More information to follow when available. See the 05/12/2000 event for lodging
information.
(The Southern California Open has moved to March. This
may become just a sister club event.)
10/08/2000 – One Sky One World
(OSOW) Annual kite event for world piece. More to follow as information
becomes available.
Note: Any ideas for events, please
contact the Gadget Man at: thomas.m.manson@boeing.com.
Other News
Registration Renewal Timeframe
Selected
It has been determined
that it would be too difficult to track and contact each one of you
individually, as to when your Club dues become due. Due to this, the May
timeframe has been selected as the date for club membership renewal dues. Also,
dues collected at any other time of year from new members will not be
pro-rated. Our intent is to keep the process simple, and keep the dues down to
$5.00/person/year, which is cheep compared to some clubs that charge as much as
$25.00/person/year. If anyone has any problems with this please contact me at
your earliest convenience.
Pictures Coming Soon
Sorry folks, but I
have been falling down on the job. I am the Chapter Photographer / Historian
for the Harley Owners Group, the Glendale AZ chapter, and do a lot of digital photography
for them, and as yet, have done little for the R66KC. I will be remedying this
soon, and will have photos posted on the new web site as well as a few selected
ones for the Kite Flyer. I would like to get a photo of everyone soon so that I
can share them as needed in the Kite Flyer.
New R66KC Web Site Coming Soon! You got it, a new domain has been established by
the Gadget Man for some side business, and a sweet deal for multiple access, large
amounts of space, chat rooms, bulletin boards, sub-domains, and unlimited
e-mail address’s. Due to this, several new sites will be set up, and one of
them has been designated for the Route 66 Kite Club. As soon as something is
available, I will be publishing where you will be able to fine it.
R66KC Shirts will be purchased
soon. It has been decided
that a new batch of shirts will be purchased soon so that club members will be
able to get their very own Route 66 Kite Club t-shirts. Due to the desire to
drive down costs, and the numerous requests from other kiters for shirts, we
have decided to buy quantity of the same design, and charge non-club members
and additional $5.00 per shirt as a membership fee. This will then bring them
in as a member, and we will eventually have members all over the world. Granted
they will only be members for a year, and may not renew their memberships, but
we will have our Kite Flyer sent out to the world, which will make kiters from
everywhere aware of our club and our events. In addition, this will drive down
the cost of our shirts as a side benefit. I will keep you all informed of when
they will be purchased, and when they will be available. I will round up the
quantities of the orders based on the price breaks from the following:
Blue Polo Style (about $25/ea)
XL 1 Dennis The Menace
1 Fly’n Hawaiian
Med. 1 Fly’n Ryan
Grey T-shirt (about $20/ea)
XXXL 4 Big Bad John
XL 1 Fly’n Hawaiian
Lrg. 1 Sherminator
1 Hugh
(maybe/maybe not)
Total of 10 shirts. We need at least 25 for a price break!
Important: If you
would like to identify yourself as a current OR future purchaser, please send
me an e-mail immediately. If you would like to get one later, for what ever
reason, please let me know, I will be glad to hold it for you until then. This
will help in keeping the cost down by ordering now.
A Note From Our Sister Club In San Diego
I've been mulling over
your proposed joint kite club fly in May and have a suggestion. To cut down on
travel time for people from out your way who'll be coming west for the Belmont
Shore Sport Kite Challenge, which is May 6, what do you think about doing your
weekend thing then instead of the 12-14th? There's a lot more kite-friendly
flying space around Belmont, including my favorite spot, Huntington Beach. It
would give the weekend a focal point, the competition on Saturday and even
though we're called the San Diego Kite Club, a good deal of our members are
from that area and would be available for kite fun.
This is just a thought that occurred to me when I was thinking about the
competition season and how much travel is usually involved for those of us who
compete. We certainly want to cooperate in any way we can. I'm just thinking
about your competitive fliers and those who'll want to attend that event and
what will be easiest for them.
Let me know what you think.
Susan
Note: Some of
us have already got reservations for May 12th through 14th.
We may have to figure something else out.
New kiters are calling from all
over the country. Thanks to our
listing on the AKA web site, and in the AKA magazine, I have received four
calls from what appear to be snowbirds looking for someone to fly with in
Phoenix. We have also had a few new locals contact us, and we hope that we can
coax all of them to join us on some of our flies. Welcome aboard one and all,
and we hope to see you on the fields real soon.
A Note From A New Flier:
Thank you for your time, on straightening out my line, my wife and I
enjoyed our first successful time out with the kite and are looking forward to
meeting again. Thanks again for the
lessons, John and Maria Seale
Another Note From A New Member:
I have been to 3 fountain hills events and
2 at the Dobson Rd site. Thanks for adding me to the distribution list. Nice
newsletter! I'm trying racing fuel on
the feather, it hasn't seemed to help it. – Paul Cordell
Kite Fest 2000 Update:
Tom....
Thanks for the request for info, unfortunately, I don't have any new news
yet, we're busy working with anthem on the plans for layouts and that fun
stuff. I can tell you that it looks to
be BIG!!! Lots will be going on up
there that weekend, as it will also be anthem days. The committee will be getting together again shortly, so
hopefully I can give you more news then.
One of the things I know I will be working on in the next couple of
months is inviting corporate people who purchase rokkaku's for the corporate
challenge to come out and get a hands on lesson before the festival. Basically, it would be to give them some pointers
on how to launch the kite and get the feel of it in the air and some basic
maneuvers. Nothing too fancy, so not a
lot of experience or time is really needed.
If anyone would be interested in giving me a hand, it would be very much
appreciated!
I hope to make it out one of these weekends, so you all know who I am!!
Thanks, and remember....if the wind sucks, you're flying backwards!!!
- Lynn
New Questions
Warning: We need responses to the following questions in a
timely manor, from all of the
membership. If we cannot get the needed responses, we may have to call an
actual meeting, eeeeeeuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwww.
:-(
Kite Fest 2000 Needs Rokkaku
Trainers: Our Kite Festival
2000 coordinator has indicated that she is getting several corporate sponsors
involved with a the Rokkaku challenge, and will need some hands on lessons
before the festival. I am not sure that we have many Rokkaku fighters out there
at this time, but if you are one, please contact me at thomas.m.manson@boeing.com
to indicate that you may be able to help the corporate battlers with some basic
maneuvers in preparation for the Festival. If you know someone that might be
interested, please inform them, and let us know if they could help. As Lynn has
indicated, not a lot of experience is needed, nor time, so please consider
helping out our Kite Fest 2000 coordinator with some simple Rokkaku training.
Perhaps you might also instruct us single and double liners in the art as well!
- Thanks
Old Questions That Still Need
Answering
The following Questions Need Answers From All Of You! Some of you have responded, but we need all of you to respond, at least with a minimal of info. Please Respond As Soon As Is Possible! Thanks thomas.m.manson@boeing.com.
No old questions at this time.
Needed Input
1.
Jonathan Dellmar has posted that his new sewing machine is up and running and
the cutting table should be finished in the next few weeks. Jon also wants
input on the Route 66 banner? I have several ideas on this, and Jon has
suggested that he would like for all the club members to have a chance to have
some input on what it's gonna look like. Jon has several ideas as well, so
bring your thoughts on the banner to the next couple of flies for review. All ideas are needed, and none will be
rejected.
(We still
need input on this one. John will have his first practice banner ready for
review soon.)
2. Input for R66KC articles is always appreciated and always needed.
Please send all items for publication to Gadget Man Manson at: thomas.m.manson@boeing.com. Please
include R66KC in the subject of any E-mails. If you find any information
relating to kiting, even rumors, please forward them. Information on new Arizona stores that have kites, places that
have kite building materials, new web sites, and especially humorous ideas for
“Inquiring Minds Want To Know”, etc., are all desperately
needed. Anyone wishing to publish
his or her own articles or columns will gladly be accepted. Used kites that
anyone wishes to sell will also be published. Remember, it takes more than a
couple of people to make a club happen.
As The Axle Turns
Kiter in TIME Magazine
Page 8 Dec 6, 1999 issue
"How do you build a Pyramid?
Go Fly a Kite"
Article by Dan Cray/Los Angeles
A Californian thinks ancient
Egyptians used the wind to move three-ton stones..... Kneeling before a 400 lb.
concrete obelisk in the hills of northwest Los Angeles, Maureen Clemmons
mutters a prayer to the ancient Egyptian God of Wind. An hour passes. Then a
strong gust straightens the lines that attach the obelisk to two nylon kites,
shaped like the ones used in para-sailing. Soon the kites flip the obelisk and
drag it across the grassy field. Clemmons and her 12 assistants erupt in
cheers.
For three years, Clemmons, 42,
who runs a hair-care products company and has no formal scientific training,
has devoted her spare time and more than $10,000 of her own money to solving
everyone's favorite engineering enigma: how the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Over the years, researchers have experimented with everything from ramps to
levers in failed attempts to move counterparts of the 3-ton pyramid stones.
Inspired by the winds that buffet
her home in Reseda, California, each November, Clemmons recalled that even
stronger winds blow in Egypt from February through June. Then she remembered
that the Egyptians mass produced linen for sail cloth, and that some of their
hieroglyphs suggest that the pyramids were raised by "invisible gods in
the sky". Clemmons concluded that the ancient Egyptians could have used a
system of large kites to lift the pyramid stones in place.
Sound ludicrous? That's what her
friends said. So Clemmons did some research and conferred with Mory Gharib, an
aeronautics engineer at the California Institute of Technology, who surprised
everyone by endorsing her concept. According to Gharib, two 6 ft by 15 ft
kites, used in conjunction with three pulleys, will easily lift the average
pyramid stone in a 25 mph wind. "It needs more study" Gharib says,
"but all of the math works". Others were persuaded by what they witnessed.
"I thought it was bull," admits Lynn Velazquez, an administrator at
Pepperdine University, who assists with the field tests. "Then I saw
Maureen use a kite to lift a log and I started to believe".
The kite theory evokes a rolling
of the eyes, however, from professional Egyptologists, most of whom believe the
pyramid builders used ramps. Many of these experts are weary of amateurs
pushing bizarre theories that often involve space aliens. "Even if Cal
Tech demonstrates you can lift heavy blocks using kites, that doesn't prove the
Egyptians could have built a pyramid that way," says Edward Brovarski, an
Egyptologist at Brown University. Mark Lehner, a Harvard archeologist widely
regarded as the leading US expert on the pyramids, was so appalled at the kite
theory that he declined comment. Zahi Hawass, Under Secretary of State for
Egypt's Giza Plateau, explained that "Egyptologists call people with these
kinds of theories 'pyramidiots'".
Nonetheless, Cal Tech's Gharib is
drafting plans to assemble a full-scale, 15 ft wide kite for use with a pulley
system capable of lifting blocks as heavy as the pyramid stones. Initial tests
will take place in California's Mojave Desert, once someone secures the
$100,000 required to fund the research. To that end, Clemmons persuaded several
companies to collaborate on a new perfume dubbed, "Ala" (Latin for
"wing"), which goes on sale in pyramid shaped bottles in December,
with all profits donated to the kite research project.
If Cal Tech's experiments are
successful, Clemmons says, she wants to demonstrate her theory on a grander
stage: in the shadow of the Giza pyramids outside Cairo, in what she envisions
as the most notable kite flight since Ben Franklin's. In the meantime, Clemmons
is taken with the idea that a hobbyist like herself might somehow scoop all the
pyramid experts. "Other research expeditions had a bunch of men pushing
and pulling" she says. "Mine will be me and my girlfriends with kites
and a pack of beer, sitting in lawn chairs, waiting for the wind to kick up."
Note From The Editor: I think that it was the alien kiters
that Ron Despojado is in negotiations with!
Signature Lines To Remember
From Chris The Scherminator
Schermann.
It's good to be part of
the club! I believe it was Will Rodgers who said, "I wouldn't
belong to any club that would have someone like me as a member."
Just an old, funny quote.
From Our Kite Festival
Coordinator Lynn Trackelman
Take care....
And, remember, if the
wind sucks, you're flying backwards!!!
Lynn
From Our Editor the Gadget Man, and stolen with permission from Robyne Gardner
of AKA. Tom added the Kilroy face for fun and to play with your minds.
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You don't stop playing because you
get old,
you get old because you stop playing!
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Used Kites For Sale And Lost Kite Listing
We still have a little lost sole
in Big John’s bag. You can
contact him at: dellmar1@home.com. . Please look through all or your bags
as John has requested, (I did), and review what you have. John has a big heart
and has offered to go to extreme measures to return the kite to it’s owner. So
lets all take a little time to help Big John out.
No
Kites For Sale At This Time
Kite Field Recommendations New
Note: Park names derived from primary user’s nickname,
recommended name, or a unique feature of the park.
Fountain Hills Park (Way East By
Northeast) This park is in the
center of city of Fountain Hills. From the north side of town take Shea
Boulevard all the way out to Saguaro Boulevard which is just before Highway 87
or the Beeline Highway. From the east side, take the Beeline, or Highway 87
north to Shea Boulevard, and head west to the first light, which is Saguaro
Boulevard. Once there, go north on
Saguaro Blvd. until you find the lake with the odd looking fountain in the
middle. This is the largest fountain in the world and usually goes off every
hour, creating it’s own wind, and cooling, which is great for the summer. Take
the first road past the lake, and you will find the place to fly on the north
side of the lake.
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Rating: |
Great But Far |
Restrooms: |
None |
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Kiters That Can Fly: |
30 |
Drinking Fountains: |
None |
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Non-Kiter Visibility: |
Good |
Park Benches: |
No |
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Distance To Amenities: |
5 Miles |
Shade Available: |
Limited |
Original Hippie Park (North)
Was the “Jim Jennings Park”, and can be located by going north on I-17 to Bell Rd.,
west on Bell to 29th Ave., then south on 29th to
Grandview, and finally west again on Grandview for two blocks.
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Rating: |
Great |
Restrooms: |
None |
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Kiters That Can Fly: |
30 |
Drinking Fountains: |
None |
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Non-Kiter Visibility: |
Poor |