Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -April 26
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Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -April 26
One day this year (with a rain date on Sunday 4/26).
NOTE - CHANGED to 4/26
NOTE - CHANGED to 4/26
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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
Yee Ha, I can make this one. Just a little over 2 hours from me. Is it April yet. 

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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
180GO! will be there, and it's on my birthday. I expect a fireworks show with 56 (roman) candles. :)
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
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.
MARK
"...it's a fair wind blowin' warm, out of the south over my shoulder, guess I'll set a course and go." CSN&Y
"...it's a fair wind blowin' warm, out of the south over my shoulder, guess I'll set a course and go." CSN&Y
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
I'm looking forward to attending this one also.
Bill
Bill
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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
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.
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
We tried to move the date so it wouldn't conflict, but they weren't able too.
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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
Mike wrote: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
Go Fly Together! Share the Joy, Share the Fun
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25

Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - April 25
Mike wrote: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.
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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
Updated - this has been rescheduled to 4/26 due to rain forecast.
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
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.
Jeepster and Nemo.
Local media attention.
Shari
Bill
Met IKE member "jeepster" who had several large kites up. I believe two of these are his.
Jeepster and Nemo.
Local media attention.
Shari
Bill
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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
And Steve had this neat kite stack aloft for a while.
Bill
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Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
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).
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
thanks for the photos Bill!
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
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.
MARK
"...it's a fair wind blowin' warm, out of the south over my shoulder, guess I'll set a course and go." CSN&Y
"...it's a fair wind blowin' warm, out of the south over my shoulder, guess I'll set a course and go." CSN&Y
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
it did need mowing, but we didn't have any problems. I actually used the tufts of weeds to stake my kite. :)
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
You have a really good eye, Bill!
I decided I needed a signature line, so I wrote this.
Re: Kites over Hoover Park - West Branch, IA - CHANGED -Apri
KiteVoice wrote:You have a really good eye, Bill!
Thanks. Also, the photos are at a relatively low resolution due to the web site limitations.
Bill
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