Flying Kites

Kite Loss Stories Plus Much More

Feel like typing something in right now? Soon, you'll see your story pop up in the blog page, which is under that what's new? link over there on the left. After a few weeks, your story will end up under one of the categories below, as a permanent page on this site.

Anything less than about 200 words just gets deleted. Don't be offended - please try again and rave on for a while!

There's a few real gems to be found amongst the tales of flying kites and photos people have already added to this site...

• Kite-loss stories! Oh yes, but don't laugh too hard. Something similar just might happen to you one day.
• Kite-flying or kite-making stories. All the other single-liner stories, but there are still some nice ones in here.
• Pictures of kites. A whole range of amateur kite photography on show. Mainly single-surface single-liners - but there are some magnificent exceptions!
• Stunt kite stories. A new category. Designed to collect reports of incidents or other interesting happenings either during a sport kite's flight or perhaps at its abrupt termination!
• Kite aerial photography. Another new category. This is for anyone who has ever hoisted a camera with the aid of a kite, or would like to view the results of doing that. If you have ever obtained an intriguing result, this is where you can upload it for the rest of us to see and think 'I wish I took that!'

What's YOUR Best Kiting Story?

If you've ever told it to others, chances are that visitors to this page will love it too! You might even get a comment or 2.

The topic can be anything under the sun, as long as kites of some kind are involved...

Recent Stories Left By Other Visitors

Click below to read the stories and see photos from other kiting enthusiasts...

This site has been collecting these real-life kiting stories and photos for some years now. Mainly single-line stuff, since flying kites on one line is my personal preference.

In the next 4 sections, I give a few hints as to what you can expect to read about or see in the categories mentioned earlier...

Kite Loss Stories

You couldn't make this stuff up, honestly. Like the self-destructing dowel-and-plastic light-wind kites tearing up the sky during a much-too-windy day at an Austrian kite festival. And then the last one managed to take out a couple of exquisite (and expensive) retail kites, sending them into the Blue Danube. But you've got to read the whole thing, it's quite a yarn!

Or, how about a young lad, many decades ago, managing to lose his box kite into an air intake on a landing military aircraft. I kid you not.

Can you top any of this? We're waiting for 'the next great story'. It has to have that ring of truth to it though.

Kite-flying Or Kite-making Stories

I guess the key-word here is variety. From night-flights to snowy-weather flights into cloud, to high-altitude excursions over sea-water, to Sunday School outings. I don't think any 2 stories here are remotely like each other.

If you're into flying kites, do yourself a favor and read some of these. Do us all a favor and contribute something yourself :-)

Pictures Of Kites

Again, variety is evident here. However, many of these photos depict kites that are just plain spectacular! In most cases, that means physically big. For example, there's a monster Butterfly from some enthusiasts in the Chzech Republic, Europe. Also, an incredible 3D Dragon from England (see below) and an interesting large design from the Ahmedabad International Kite Festival in India.

Drop in here for a truly international selection of kite photos!

Stunt Kite Stories

This category is so new, there's not much in there right now. But there's so much sport kite flying going on out there, it's just a matter of time. Maybe 2 or 3 of my regular contributors could help me out here, to get things moving... Thanks in advance!

Aerial Kite Photography

It seems that everyone has their own spin on flying kites to get a different photographic perspective on our surroundings. Some of the results are really intriguing, whether obtained with a featherweight camera and ice-cube shutter release, or the latest concepts in radio-controlled KAP rigs.

Tell us all about your own methods and gear, and back it all up by posting some photos! Different people will be keen to read about different aspects - the kite, the KAP rig, the photo subject or even all 3.

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