Good friends...

And here are some op my pictures taken from the scenery

Vliegerworkshop

Ter voorbereiding van het vliegerfeest op 18 mei gaven we een aantal workshops in Antwerpse scholen en speelpleinen.  Een super dankbare taak als je al die kinderen ziet lopen met hun vliegertjes.

en nog veel veel meer fotos...

Sint Anneke Plage

It's always a pleasure when the local newspaper is writing something about "special" activities seen in and around Antwerp...
An afternoon flying my kites at Sint Anneke plage...

Guadeloupe II

The harbor in Guadeloupe, Saint Francois

These tropical colors are so beautiful!


See also:
Guadeloupe I

Guadeloupe II

Guadeloupe III 

Guadeloupe IV 

Guadeloupe V

Beaufort Zeebrugge

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