Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -April 26

[goestoeleven]

One day this year (with a rain date on Sunday 4/26).

NOTE - CHANGED to 4/26

[Robbie]

Yee Ha, I can make this one. Just a little over 2 hours from me. Is it April yet.

[Mike]

180GO! will be there, and it's on my birthday. I expect a fireworks show with 56 (roman) candles. :)

[makatakam]

I'll be there, mine's the 10th and I'll need 64. That's 120 between us. So, why is this relevant? It's not, but every now and than I get tired of typing one-liners.

[basicbill]

I'm looking forward to attending this one also.

Bill

[KiteVoice]

Still awaiting confirmation but it looks like the Shipshewana, Ind. festival will conflict again this year. I'm committed to serve as announcer of that event.

[Mike]

We tried to move the date so it wouldn't conflict, but they weren't able too.

[Jim Foster]

180GO! will be there, and it's on my birthday. I expect a fireworks show with 56 (roman) candles. :)

Happy Birthday Mike!!!!

Oh, I know I'm a little early, but we'll be out of the country on April 25th, perhaps without communication.

Jim and Lynn

[Mike]

thanks Jim & Lynn

[KiteVoice]

We tried to move the date so it wouldn't conflict, but they weren't able too.

Thanks for the effort. If Shipshewana doesn't get scheduled, I'll let you know post haste.

[goestoeleven]

Updated - this has been rescheduled to 4/26 due to rain forecast.

[basicbill]

As Mike predicted, I was the only other "stunt" kiter flying except for the 180GO! team, of course. Had my spiro standard up first. Then my "heavier" standard as the wind picked up a bit. Although there were periods of near calm when the skies were clear of kites.

Met IKE member "jeepster" who had several large kites up. I believe two of these are his.

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Jeepster and Nemo.

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Local media attention.

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Shari

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Bill

[basicbill]

And Steve had this neat kite stack aloft for a while.

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Bill

[goestoeleven]

Bill - thanks for posting those shots! Wasn't my best day of flying, but it was good nonetheless. Winds were a bit up and down (welcome to thermal season), but I did get to fly some of my vintage (1980s) stack of Rainbow stunt kites. If I get some smoother wind sometime this year, maybe I'll try to fly the whole stack (which is about double the number of kites).

[Mike]

thanks for the photos Bill!

[makatakam]

In the photos it looks like the field could have used some mowing. Did you have problems snagging up on the rough stuff? I was planning to attend, but the vehicle I was going to use became unavailable at the last minute.

[Mike]

it did need mowing, but we didn't have any problems. I actually used the tufts of weeds to stake my kite. :)

[KiteVoice]

You have a really good eye, Bill!

[basicbill]

You have a really good eye, Bill!

Thanks. Also, the photos are at a relatively low resolution due to the web site limitations.

Bill