We had an offer from our good friend Kevin in the USA to make a skin of a Rokkaku kite, which would then be finished by Simon Chisnall (designer of the Sun and Moon, Crab, Cuttlefish) here in the Peter Lynn Factory in New Zealand. It has [...]
Craig, Steff (www.facebook.com/airbanners) and a few others went to fly and promote the awarness to Prostate cancer the other week in New Brighton (New Zealand), by flying a banner, growing some amazing moustaches, (eeekkk) and taking kids, YOUNG AND OLD (79 years old was the oldest) for [...]
Yes! We have Air Banners.- An account of a kite flying journey that has taken some unexpected directions; being further evidence, if any is necessary, that ‘the foreseeable future’ is as mythical as steady mid range wind, government assistance, goat proof fences, and innocent bystanders (whoops, showing [...]
Craig reciently went to fly kites for the school camp of one of the local junior schools, and to give the kids a talk on soft kites. Huge excitement with a very strong southerly lifting the front of Craigs van clear of the springs. Eventually the 8 [...]
Over the weekend of the 13 of November 2010, a couple of the crew from PLK Ashburton and friends went up to the Lake Camp in the mountains to take the Kite Kat out for a blast. Craig Knights (our mate) sent us this video. It was a great day for heading [...]
Craig recently went to a wedding of one of his best friends daughters, a beach wedding, dangerous stuff (in the scale of things worse than working with kids and animals on a movie set) Well no more encouragement was needed Craig asked the bride if she would [...]
FOUND IT, THEN LOST IT AGAIN. (The Kite and the Plot) Probably. During June and July, Peter Lynn kites Ltd made a 20kgm prototype to test and refine a design for the next world’s largest kite (a ray which will be nearly 70m wingspan, 1250sq.m and weigh 200kgms). In [...]
We are always working in the factory, but then once in a while we get to do something awesome. Simon, Pam and Ningsih are making the prototype for the Worlds Largest kite and now that the skins are put together (and Jenny was away) we thought we [...]
We scanned some photos to the computer the other week and I thought I would add a few to the web page. If you know anyone in them, please send me an email. It was all before my time. My how people change….
Peter was awarded the Edeiken Award for Kite Flyer of the Year at the AKA Convention held at Seaside Oregon in October 2010. The award arrived this morning, but unfortunately Peter left New Zealand about 2 hours earlier to go to a festival, so at the moment we [...]