Flying Wings kites

Kite Aerial Photography, know as KAP, has been around for a very long time. The earliest that I’m aware of is with a French Military Kite that was used to hoist a camera and spy on the enemy, or hot air balloons being used as early as the Civil War. Through the evolution of kites, […]

The Emong by Flying Wings Kites is a marvelous no and light wind kite. Thought you might like to see it fly. We have several different styles of these types of kites, including the Chiroptera (yet another fabulous kite by Will Sturdy). Several are single line kites, but we also have no and light wind […]

Many folks have asked us about our use of the compass rose as a logo or symbol for our store. Well… As many know, the compass rose, sometimes referred to as a windrose, is a prevalent symbol on nautical charts but also in our lives. We started using it years ago when our children were […]

From Lincoln (& Donna) Oliphant: The Kite by Marion Schoeberlein I can make a hole in the wind with my kite. I can find The bluest places in the sky, The best clouds. I know why They put them On a string: That way you hold onto everything That’s free and easy And you fly […]