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  • (Anonymously) (Private)
    2 months ago
    "I have been given an erroneous dish." Another obscure quote.
    Do you sell spooooons!!!
  • random (Private)
    2 months ago
    "I have been given an erroneous dish." Another obscure quote.
    Fawlty towers, Hotel inspectors in regards to an Omlette 
  • mike mosman (Private)
    7 months ago
    The lower, brighter box kite is a modern re-work of the design f the Gibson Girl. Oddly, I didn;t note it at the time I was taking pictures.
    I call it Gibson Girl II. I thought it was the same size as the original, but I can see by comparison to yours that mine is larger. My goof.
    • (Anonymously) (Private)
      7 months ago
      Well, they're not at the same distance, so you may be OK.  Also, I would not be stunned if there was more than one size.
       
      JIM
       
  • mike mosman (Private)
    7 months ago
    Old and new cellular kites.
    That's the kite I call Phase Shift. It won Ingenuity Award at a past Smithsonian Festival and is now my "workhorse."
    • (Anonymously) (Private)
      7 months ago
      It is a beautiful piece of work, Mike!
       
  • OzFeathers Australia (Private)
    7 months ago
    Simon brought a very cool kite from New Zealand.
    Or... did the "Space Racer" make it across the Pacific under hos own steam?!?  Curious question!
  • OzFeathers Australia (Private)
    7 months ago
    A horse fly?
    Wasn't it "and the cow jumped over the moon"???
  • OzFeathers Australia (Private)
    7 months ago
    Charlie SOtich, master kitebuilder, specializing in miniature kites, and all around great guy.
    And I now own the coffee mug with his bio on it.  I'm leaving it in my Will to Marla Miller for her kite paraphernalia collection!


  • OzFeathers Australia (Private)
    7 months ago
    Simon 2.0 and his magnificent kite that won Grand Champion in kite making. (I say Simon 2.0, there were two Simons at Convention and I usually try to avoid using last names here...)
    Could've called him "Simon Also"... ;-)


  • OzFeathers Australia (Private)
    7 months ago
    I said "Oh look, a duck." Phil took exception: it is, he claims, a platypus, and he sang a lengthy song about it to prove his case.
    As far as I know, the platypus does NOT wear a hat.  But, maybe they've just gotten trendy while I wasn't looking?
  • OzFeathers Australia (Private)
    7 months ago
    Alien again.
    "Space Racer" is his name... looks serious, too!
  • (Anonymously) (Private)
    8 months ago
    NOT the Mega Flag. But nice.
    Not the mega kite, but the mega circoflex.  It is 17 feet long and has a 20 foot circumference.   It is 340 sq. feet of nylon.  How do I know this,  well, my husband and I made this kite.  :).

    We called it Stars and Strips.
  • (Anonymously) (Private)
    8 months ago
    Saw this one flying earlier, gives you a better sense of scale.
    The kite has two more feet of red and white stripes under the lower edge.  This was a high as we could hang it in the banquet hall.
  • (Anonymously) (Private)
    8 months ago
    You could call this a mega circoflex.  Yup,  17 feet long and a 20 foot circumference.  340 sq. feet of nylon.

    How do I know,  well, my husband and I made this kite.
  • (Anonymously) (Private)
    1 year 1 month ago
    Tres rays.
    Trois... but very tres also!
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