CONTRIBUTORS

OSCAR FREY

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Oceanologist and whale researcher Frey has used kite aerial photography (KAP) to study whales since 2004. For the last three years, he has used KAP in the national parks and natural protected areas of the Yucatán Peninsula.

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JOE HADZICKI

San Diego, California

An engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, Hadzicki is one of three brothers who started Revolution Enterprises, the first to make a completely controllable four-line kite. The Rev has been the standard for the kite industry for twenty years.

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GARY HINZE

San Jose, California

One of the first contributors to the Drachen Kite Journal, Hinze continues to follow his own path in kiting. He is a serious researcher of kite performance who can’t pass up the chance to try something new and put it to the test.

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DAVE LANG

Vashon Island, Washington

A veteran aeronautics and space dynamics engineer, Lang designed the flight simulators on which all NASA astronauts trained for the Gemini, Rendezvous, and Apollo lunar missions.

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MARTIN LESTER

Cornwall, England

A successful kite businessman, Lester tours the world giving exhibitions and lectures on the sport of kiting. His whimsical, sparless, “soft” kites in anthropomorphic shapes draw smiles wherever they are flown.

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RALF MASERSKI

Dortmund, Germany

A former vice president of the German Kite Fliers Association, Maserski edited the club magazine, Hoch Hinaus, and has made kites for more than 15 years. Visit his website at www.maserski.de to see his kite designs and event photos.

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PATRICK PARRISH

New York, New York

A modernism dealer in NYC, Parrish owns the gallery Mondo Cane in Tribeca. He has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a collector of books, geometric paperweights, and trout.

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JOSE SAINZ

San Diego, California

Sainz is the Horatio Alger of American kite making. Renowned for his elaborate, beautiful kites with Aztec motifs, he has conducted kite making workshops around the country and is a board member of the Drachen Foundation.

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FRITS SAUVÉ

Diemen, The Netherlands

Sauvé spends a great deal of time in the world of historic kites. He collects everything that can be collected and visits archives, flea markets, and antiquarian bookstores. He also lectures, writes articles, and rebuilds classic kites.

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SCOTT SKINNER

Monument, Colorado

A former Air Force instructor pilot, Drachen’s board president has flown and designed kites for three decades. Skinner’s military training created the structure for him to express himself as a visionary kite artist.

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HOLM STRUCK

Bliedersdorf, Germany

Struck has worked with kites for more than 25 years. In the last decade, Struck organized workshops and taught kite classes in Germany, Denmark, and the US. His great passion is old books on scientific work with kites.

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LELAND SUTTON

Seattle, Washington

Sutton started dragging around the world with his mother, Drachen’s Ali Fujino, at an early age. Now a junior at Seattle’s Northwest School, and after a year of photography work, he was honored to work on Oscar Frey’s KAP project.

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Articles

• 10th Historical Kite Workshop RALF MASERSKI & HOLM STRUCK
• An Interview with Carl Robertshaw MARTIN LESTER
• L’Aigle Dragon Numbers 3 and 4 FRITS SAUVÉ
• A Photo Intro to Kite Aerial Photography LELAND SUTTON
• Applications of Kite Aerial Photography on the Yucatán Peninsula OSCAR FREY
• The 2010 Airborne Wind Energy Consortium Conference JOE HADZICKI & DAVE LANG
• Images from Burning Man JOSE SAINZ
• Legacy of Kites in Dieppe SCOTT SKINNER
• Simple Paper Kites GARY HINZE
• College Kites 1957 PATRICK PARRISH