http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Slum-boys-cut-Kiwi-stars-kite-in-Ahmedabad/articleshow/7255581.cms Check this out AHMEDABAD: This was Peter Lynn’s 600th international kite festival. Known among the world s kite manufacturers, Lynn, from New Zealand, was flying two inflated tiger-shaped kites, each worth 400 US dollars, on the bank of the Sabarmati river, when a puny paper kite came from [...]
An annoying problem finally identified and cured Ever since I’ve been making large ray shaped soft kites (from 1987) they’ve been afflicted by a tendency to fall off to one side or the other. And it’s not just my ram air inflated ray type kites that have [...]
On the 23rd of December Peter Lynn turned 64. Elwyn, Peters lovely wife, laid on a great spread for all the gang and we helped Peter celebrate in style. I managed to take a couple of pictures early on in the evening. “When I get older losing [...]
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 [...]
