Wed, 6 Apr 2005
From: Juan Miguel Suay Belenguer jm_suay@yahoo.com I am a Spanish specialist in historical kites. Here are eleven pictures of a reproduction of the U. S. Navy Target Kite Mark I, that I have made with the plans that are on your web site. In the VIII Valencia international Kite Festival (Spain), that was celebrated on April 2 and 3, I tried to fly the naval kite, but the wind was slow and I could not fly it. I hope that I can fly it, if so I will send you a picture in flight!
Juan Miguel Suay Belenguer |
And then in April 2006 Juan sent me more pictures, this time from the IX Valencia International Kite Festival, April 22-23, 2006. The last three pictures below are from that event.
See also Juan's interesting postcard collection showing Delta-Coyne kites used for target practice.