Portsmouth Kite Festival, 2025

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Saturday 26th July

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A first flight together for some time!
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Photos thanks to Marian Linford
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Morning arena session with Rev 1.5 1997 JMH design.
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Photos thanks to Marian Linford
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The Flare Stack from 1987 needed a small temporary repair before it could be flown. One of the bridle fins had not been re-sewn after the Blackheath accident.
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There was just enough wind to keep the stack airborne and we were eventually able to use an extended flying line.
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Special thanks to Marian Linford for these images against a moody sky!
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Afternoon arena session with Rev 1.5 1997 JMH design.
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The second arena performance went ahead with seven fliers.
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Photos thanks to Marian Linford
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Having flown the 1987 Flare Stack first the 1986 Flare was flown with a test tail attached to the fitting point that Jørgen had set in the trailing edge of the sail.
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When the kite had been flown previously it had felt somewhat unruly but with the tail in place it flew sedately.

The plan was to try the 1988 Flare with a tail as well.
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The 1988 Flare had no fixing points for tails so two loops were sewn in place on the field by Jacob.
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There was some discussion about the merits of having two tails on the 1988 Flare and it may be that the Nine Squares 1993 provides a good example!
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