zaterdag 25 augustus 2012

Miniature Kite

Yes, yes, yes, I got a new miniature kite from Steffi Rauchwarter & Kolli 
(A present received in Sola)



A new miniature kite in my collection.
This kite is made by Jan Van Leeuwen
It's flying great indoor (I prefer to fly it on a stick; to avoid turbulence)

Paper - Bamboo 
2 points bridle
Size: 5 cm
Tail 40 cm

Some more miniature;  See here 
Some more miniature:  See here

Holy Fox

A first picture of my new holy Fox.  
A high wind kite design for KAP  from Nicolas Chorier. It's a design with a lot of potential. 
I was happy with the first flight in 40km/h wind. 

zondag 19 augustus 2012

Rijsbergen

Rene Baremans the organisor of this great festival.


  • Japanse kite of Ruud Kugel             
  • 2 white snowflakes made by Andre ter Pelle and Eva Osterbrink both members of the Twentse Vlieger vrienden 













Who made this colorfull kite.... please let me know
The Esher Heksebeest kite is from Roger Stevens.

A few more pictures My pictures are not representative for this great festival. (As always, I only take a few pictures and mostly from some details...)

zaterdag 11 augustus 2012

Floating boat pool

Go directly to the "badboot" link
Antwerp's new luxury "movable" floating swimming pool. The bathing boat is 120 meters long and should have a capacity of up to 600 people. In wintertime the pool will be used for ice skating.. can you imagine! The badboat was designed by architect Pieter Peerlings and Silvia Mertens!.Sculp (IT) architecten.
Grant opening is one of these days....