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Douwe Jan Joustra

A member of the growing and active historical kite movement in Europe, Douwe Jan Joustra has helped to organize several of the group’s annual meetings and continues to coordinate the …

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AUGUST 2008 VOLUME 1, NUMBER 2 From the Editor 3 Contributors 4 Kite Fly on German Lake Celebrates Weather Station’s 100th Anniversary 5 Spotlight on an American Flight Pioneer 9 …

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Drachen Foundation Newsletter: May 2006

Featured Archive Item: Roch Donzella “Monobloc” Replica

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KITES AS COLLECTOR’S ITEMS

Historical kites are cross-cultural phenomena. They represent science, civil and military use – photography, anthropology, arts, religion, joy and playtime. This makes them interesting for historical research and, of course, …

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THE FLEXIBLE HAPPENING

THE EARLY DAYS Since the invention of the box kite by Lawrence Hargrave and the bowed kite by William Eddy, there has been only one man who created a major …

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