Averbode

We had a great afternoon flying our kites over the abbey of Averbode. http://www.abdijaverbode.be/. A beautiful place; I definitely want to go back without a kite ;-).
It wasn't that easy to fly since meadow that we used to take off was surrounded by high trees. (Lucky the cows were not out). The kite was sitting at 200 m, the camera was mounted at 100m line just enough to get a stable air flow (4bft).

Some more abbey pictures:
- Hemiksem
- Villers
- Averbode
- Tongerlo I
- Tongerlo II
- Herkenrode

Doel

The weather is getting better, so we took out our KAP equipment.

Pictures taken with a Canon G15 /ClickpanPro / downlink at a 100M high.   The church in Doel is still a nice place for the time being. (Doel is threatened with complete demolition due to the future enlargement of the harbour).

Tattoo V

Finally I discovered a way to upscale a small drawing to a kite size.
The orginal drawing wasn't bigger than 10 cm.  I was able to scale this up to 90cm without loosing the (pixel) details.
Next week, I can start hot cutting the fabric.

Keynote about my kites

If you want to see a power point with an overview of  my kites, some festivals I attended and last but not least some of my kite aerial pictures........ just download the file from my Google drive by clicking "here".

My new  (90 x 90 cm) della porta kite with a tail of  7meter.The sail is made of  a mix of 2 kinds of fabric (ELLTEX) grey and (SKYTEX) black . 

The technique is based on what I learned over the past months of Christian Baden Powell.
You start with a 100% scaled drawing of the design.  Put this drawing on your light table and
 fix a piece of black fabric onto the drawing. Press down well.

tattoos in Zeebrugge

 

Black Jordan

Black Jordan in Zeebrugge.
Black Jordan maiden flight
Black Jordan some measurements 
Black Jordan how it started

Verdronken Land van Saeftinghe

This is a swamp known as the Drowned Land of Saeftinghe (Verdronken land van Saeftinghe) and an official nature reserve area. The land is a crosspoint where the Schelde meets the salty waters of the North Sea in the estuary Western Schelde.

A few other places in the neighborhood worthwhile to visit:
- Paal 
- Rilland
- Landscape
- Domburg
- Zierikzee 
- T Schor 
- T Land van Saefthinge
KAP, Kite Aerial Photography, Kites: Rokkaku, Aurico, Canon G15

2014

Hold tight .... and fly high.

Keep in touch

Bert

Tattoo III

This is really addictive

Butterfly
Tattoo I
Tattoo II

Bridge

 The bridge in winter time.  I was often driving on the highway next to this bridge. Now, I took the time to stop and take some KAP pictures. I love those winter colors.

Tattoo II

Working on my second appliqué tattoo kite with the Facebook - help of Christian Baden Powell.

Butterfly
Tattoo I
Tattoo II

The Midi Feather

My new indoor kite; The Midi Feather, should arrive this week as a late birthday present.The Midi Feather, designed by Damon Meheux is extremely light (under 0.2g) and has been made with the lightest possible materials. I got the opportunity to fly it in Bintulu  and I was immediately hooked on it.   Soon I wil post some videos, Thanks Damon for your creation!!