Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 06:03:56 -1000 From: mss@das.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) Message-Id: Organization: Division of Applied Sciences, Harvard University Subject: Australian Kite Association Newsetter... Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 00:31:07 +1000 From: PETER BATCHELOR Return-Receipt-To: Organization: OzEmail Pty Ltd Australian Kite Association newsletter items. Newsletter number 169. October 1994 These are items from the October 1994 edition of the Australian Kite Association newsletter, of which I am the editor. This edition ran to some twenty pages, including illustrations. It covered such diverse topics as dropping bears from kites and our involvement in One Sky One World for this year. The Australian Kite Association has been running since the mid 70s, and includes kitefliers and artists of world renown, such as Helen Bushell, Tony Wolfenden, Beth Matthews, Simon Freidin and Don Matthews. If you want to subscribe to, or find out more about the Australian Kite Association, send email to peterbat@ozemail.com.au or write to Karl Boening, Secretary AKA. 10 Clayton Court, Springvale South. Victoria 3156. Australia. (We are currently posting our letters with the new Lawrence Hargrave Box Kite stamp from Australia Post, put out to celebrate Hargrave's centenary). Not all ripstop is ripstop! Colin Minter My kites had always been made of paper, plastic or cloth. After buying my first stunt kite, a Dyna-kite, I was introduced to ripstop nylon. Now this stuff was great; strong, lightweight, flexible, and it came in a huge range of bright colours. Coming from the country, availability of ripstop was non-existent. One day, while shopping with my wife in Spotlight, I came across three or four rolls of fluorescent ripstop, under the name of "shower screen nylon". This ripstop might have been a bit heavier, but I thought ripstop is ripstop, and besides, it was on special at 150ff (boy, what a bargain)! I immediately bought a couple of metres of each colour and went home to steal my wife's sewing machine for a few hours or days to duplicate a few kites I had seen. I soon found out about "shower screen nylon". It would stretch easily and its weight ratio was appalling. I ended up with about six different kites, from a stack of three diamonds, to tumbling stars. Just as well I live in Sale, because you need gale force winds to fly them. I now only keep the tumbling stars, and my cheap ripstop has been remade into numerous kite bags! Flight for peace. A thing of beauty of Paper and String A sky of Blue will make it sing White whisps dancing in the turquoise of the sky the warmth of the sun without a question of why Slowly from my hand this item of delight like a frightened child into the sky took flight Lifes pleasures are small each individual one to be treasured as a new life just begun My kite and I the world at our feet look to the sky searching for world peace You and your kite a pleasure to us all this little pleasure Can make us walk tall Karl Boening. 9/94 NATIONAL CAPITAL KITE FESTIVAL To my mind Canberra is another example of the beauty that this great land of ours has to offer. Surrounded by hills, Canberra is set around the man made lake Burleigh Griffin with rolling green parks dotted with well separated structures off varying architecture presenting a tranquil setting for the decision making process that affects all our lives. Add to this setting the Floriade Festival celebrating the flora of our land and you have all the ingredients for a peaceful and relaxing break away from the major cities of Melbourne and Sydney. The National Capital Kite Festival follows on from the Festival of the Winds and offers an opportunity for many of us to participate in a festival of international quality without the price tag. The weekend offered higher winds than expected which caused some difficulty. As I did not have kites suitable for these conditions I availed myself of the opportunity to become a spectator, and witnessed the artistry of the international visitors to this event. To see the craftsmanship and detail of these works was an eye opening experience indeed. The detail of Randy Tom, the sheer beauty of Yvonne DeMille's works and the traditional works of Hideo Matsutani were inspiring. Congratulations must go to the organisers of this festival with encouragement to continue this work. Karl Boening. The what, where, how, who and why of kiting. (Well, a start, anyway.) There is quite a collection of books and other resources around on kite making now. Libraries usually have copies of at least some of them ( Dewey numbers 629.13332, 796.15 and 745.592 ), and there are quite a number available through bookshops, or from Kitelines (I haven't bothered listing all the books in Kitelines that I haven't seen or read, read Kitelines for their latest selection). The list produced below is an attempt to create a register of resources available in Australia for anyone interested in kites. It started out as part of my bibliograpy for my Master's thesis, and has gown from there. Some of resources are excellent, some are terrible. Most are on the list are either because I own copies of them, or have read them; they are there simply because I know about them. I have no doubt that there are other kite resources and books around as well. If you know of any, could you please send me details about them so that I can include their details in the register. I haven't yet had a chance to go through all the resources available through the Australian Kite Association, but I will give a listing of these resources in the next month or two. Happy reading! Peter Batchelor. Non Fiction. Ambrose, L. (1975). Making and flying kites. London: John Murray. Baker, R. and Denyer, M. (1993). Making kites. London: New Burlington Books. Barwell, E. (1972). How to make and fly kites. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Batchelor, P. W. (1993). Kites in the classroom. A suggested use for kites in upper primary and lower secondary classes. (M.Ed.st. Thesis). Monash University, Melbourne. Baxter, E. (1978). Kites for krowds of kids. East Kew: Australian Kite Association. Botermans, J. & Weve, A. (1986). Kite flight. New York: Henry Holt and Co. Bridgewater, A. and Bridgewater, G. (1985). Easy-to-make decorative kites. New York: Dover. Burkhard, T. (1974). Kitefolio. Berkeley: Double Elephant. Bushell, H. (1987). Make mine fly. East Kew: Australian Kite Association. Carpentier, D. (1981). Kites. Wakefield: E. P. Publishing. Craddock, D. A. (1994). Ravensbourne to airbourne. Aspects of Lawrence Hargrave's contribution to the science of aeronautics. Epping, N.S.W: David A. Craddock. Dyson, J. (1976). Fun with kites. London: Angus and Robertson. Educational Insights Inc. (1975) Kites and gliders. (kit). Compton: Educational Insights. Eden, M. (1989). Kiteworks. New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Eubel, P. (Ed.) (1992). Pictures for the sky; art kites. Osaka: Goethe-Institut. Fujino, A. & Ruhe, B. (1989). The stunt kite book. Philadelphia: Running Press. Gallot, P. (1990). Making and flying fighter kites. London: Batsford. Geary, K. and Ripley, E. (1970). Make and find out, book one. Basingstoke: Macmillan. Gomberg, D. (Ed.) (1988). Stunt kites! Salem: Cascade Kites. Grainger, E. (1978) Hargrave and son. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. Greger, M. (1984). Kites for everyone. Richland, Washington: M. Greger. Greger, M. (1990). More kites for everyone. Richland, Washington: M. Greger. Hart. C. (1967). Kites; an historical survey. London: Faber and Faber. Hosking, W. (1990). Kites of Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia Airlines. Hosking, W. (1992). Kites. New York: Friedman Publishing. Hunt, L. L. (1971). 25 kites that fly. New York: Dover Publications. Jue, D. (1974). Chinese kites; how to make and fly them. Rutland: Tuttle. Latham, M. et al. (1965). Six great Australians. Third series (Lawrence Hargrave). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Mc Donald, W. G. (1974). Lawrence Hargrave of Stanwell Park. Wollongong, N.S.W.: Illawarra Historical Society. Matthews, B. (1987). Kite-folds. East Malvern: Platypus Publishing. Mayes, S. Sage, A. & Tearle, J. (1992). The Usborne book of kites. London: Usborne. Morgan, P. & Morgan, H. (1992). The book of kites. Pymble: Angus and Robertson. Moulton, R. & Lloyd, P. (1992). Kites. Hertfordshire: England. Newmann, L. S. (1974). Kitecraft. New York: Crown. Newnham, J. (1977). Kites to make and fly. New York: Penguin Books. Pelham, D. (1976). The penguin book of kites. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Ridgeway, H. (1962). Kite making and flying. New York: Gramercy. Rowlands, J. (1988). Making and flying modern kites. London: Dryad Press. Rowlands, J. (1989). Kites to make and fly. London: B. T. Batsford. Sams, K. (1991). Flying toys. Birchgrove: Sally Milner Publishing. Schimmelpfennig, W. (1988). Making and flying kites. London: Hamlyn. Shaw, W. H. & Ruben, O. (1977). Lawrence Hargrave: explorer, inventor and aviation experimenter. Stanmore: Cassell Australia. Southall, I. (1964). Lawrence Hargrave. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Stokes, J. (1976). Let's make a kite. New York: H. Z. Walck. Streeter, T. (1974). The art of the japanese kite. New York: Weatherhill. Telecom Australia. (1991). Lawrence Hargrave. Pioneer of flight. (Wallchart produced for schools by Telecom). Thiebault, A. (1982). Kites and other wind machines. New York: Sterling Pub. Co. Toy, L. (1988). Flight patterns. Scottsdale: Sky High Press. Walker, J. D. (1984). Laurence Hargrave: Austraila's pioneer aeronautical scientist. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. Wightman, R. P. (1994). Rainbear Skydive Corps. Training manual - Mk 1. Seattle: Richard P. Wightman Wood, C. (1977). Making simple kites. London: Studio Vista. Yolen, W. H. (1976). The complete book of kites and kiteflying. New York: Simon and Schuster. Fiction. Fleischman, A. S. (1972). The wooden cat man. Boston: Little & Brown. Grasse, W. (1974). Mai - Tzu and the kite emperor. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Harris, J. (1968). Sam and the kite. London: Hutchinson Junior Books. Mattingley, C. (1972). Emu kite. London: Hamish Hamilton. Maugham, S. (1948). Quartet. Melbourne: Heinemann. Palmer, G. (1974). Taro's kite. Sydney: Cleary. Reed, G. (1981). Bounce. Windemere: Rourke Publications. Velthuijs, M. (1979). The boy and the kite. London: A. & C. Black. Wahl, J. (1971). The wonderful kite. New York: Delacorte Press. Watts, M. (1969). Yin Sun and the lucky dragon. Philadelphia: Westminster Press. Yolen, J. (1970). The seventh Mandarin. New York: Seabury Press. Magazines available in Australia. American Kite. American Kite Company. 480 Clemantina St. San Francisco, Ca. 94103. USA. Kitelines. Aeolus Press, Inc. P. O. Box 466, Randallstown, Md. 21133-0466. USA. Journal Articles. Adomaitis, R A. (1989). Kites and bifurcation theory. SIAM Review. v31, 478 - 483 Balsley, B. B. Williams, J. B. & Tyrell, G. W. (1992). Atmospheric research using kites: Here we go again! Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 73, 17-29. Batchelor, P. W. (1993). Kites: a brief history. Labtalk. December. Batchelor, P. W. (1994). Why include kites in the curriculum, and where do they fit? Labtalk. April. Goela, J. S. Viyaykamur, R. & Zimmermann, R. H. (1986). Performance characteristics of a kite-powered pump. Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 108 188-193. Stone, R. (1991). A lofty idea for atmospheric research. Science. v254, 1732. If you have any suggestion as to additions to this list, I would love to hear from you. Send your email to the above address. Cheers! Peter = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =