At 03:21 pm 23/03/2002 +1100, you wrote: >Thanks Doug for that link to the above. And I loved Ralph D's story about >kite wars over NY! Wow, you sure breed 'em tough over there in the Big >Apple! Sounds like every-day India, or Nepal etc. where people (adults and kids) fly kites for the competion, not for relaxation. In Japan it can get really serious with a whole village taking on the one across the river - one kite per village in the air, a great herd of people flying each kite and more getting the replacements ready - annual event. We're talking BIG here. >The kite Doug pointed us to, reminds me of a similar kite I saw in the UK >some 15 years ago. In shape, rather like an oversized >flattened American football, but with right-angled sides. >The kite was tied at its axis, ie the pointy bits of the football so it spun >on its axis in the wind. It was easy to launch, spinning as it climbed >into the sky. >Never saw the kite again, so >presumed it did not make it into commercial production. Saw one a couple of months ago, they are on sale here in NZ and are known in the US as a UFO. Can be metalised foam for lightness. Do you want one? Can arrange shipping and.... (sorry no commercials.......).!!!!! Alex . . *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 24 2002 - 13:03:30 PST
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