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01/01/96
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First Sunday Fly on the Mall, my maiden flight! I flew the
first time, right out of the bag.
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09/07/96
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I went to Hospital Point in Annapolis today. Minor
adjustments were made to my bridle.
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09/29/96
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Today I flew high above the polo fields of Poolesville MD,
during the Polo Classic
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Oct 96
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Off to SunFest, my first time on the beach! I just loved
the sand in Ocean City, and found out that the more wind
there is, the better I fly.
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10/16-20/96
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Head west young Man. Bill Goodwin takes me on a
cross country journey to the AKA Convention in California.
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12/01/96
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Back down to the Mall for the last First Sunday Fly of the
year. Yawn... It's time for a long winters nap.
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02/09/97
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I woke up this morning at the Bill Kocher Memorial Kite
Fly, at Sandy Point State Park near Annapolis. What do
I like??? Wind!
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03/15/97
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Montpelier Mansion's Kite Festival
in Laurel, MD. The winds were 15-20mph. Unfortunately
since the wind chill was in the 20's there was a small
turnout.
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03/22/97
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After the cold last weekend, it's onward and downward to
Virginia Beach and Mount Trashmore. Flying on 1000lb test
line, I'm at my best in the comfortable 15-20mph winds. I
made a good showing. Many thanks to my hosts, Chuck and
Betty Roundtree.
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03/30/97
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Beware of Water! Summit Hall Park, in
Gaithersburg, MD. A nice day for a kite fly. The winds
were light, but started to pickup. The day's forecast
called for Rain and Lightning. I was accompanied
by the club's Sutton 252. Janette said "The clouds are
moving in, and it looks like rain". Of course, I had a
mind of my own and went up anyway. The winds gusted as the
front approached and snapped my 500lb test line. Having
been up in the air, I was thirsty. So, of course, with only
one pond in the entire area, I landed right in the middle of
it. Did I sink? No! I changed to "Plan B"
and with my 5 foot soccer ball, fully inflated by the 20mph
winds and bouncing along, pulling me across the water I was
headed straight for highway 355 (a major highway). Seeing
that trouble was in the making I lassoed my bridle around
the underbrush and waited to be rescued.
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04/05/97
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The 31st Annual Smithsonian Kite Festival. A great day to
look down over the festival grounds. There were so many
things going on in the air at once! I even saw a Peter Lynn
Giant Green Octopus (a Tako Tako), quite a few Sutton 252's,
and, a special treat for me, one of my cousins in his black
and white striped Soccer Referees outfit! We flew side by
side for a while and surveyed the competition and demo
fields. I even managed to get a bit of a tan on the side
while watching the Rokkaku battle.
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04/06/97
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On the road again, this time I'm heading south with Chris
Shultz to Myrtle Beach. When I get back it's off to the
beach in Ocean City for the MIKF.
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