rec.kites FAQs There are 5 FAQs for rec.kites; the last posted version of each is available from the rec.kites archive (see Section 2). A. General FAQ: what you are reading. B. Address FAQ (Kite Dealers/Organizations/Clubs). 1. Kite Stores (listed by country) 2. Mail Order Companies 3. American Kitefliers Association Member Merchants (worldwide) 4. Kitemaker's Supplies (new section, Sept. 1993) 5. Kite Clubs and Organizations Maintained by Dan Rubesh (windwiz@rain.org or danr@crash.cts.com). Corrections and additions may be posted to rec.kites; Dan requests that if you post to rec.kites you also email the information to him. He is willing to provide area-specific listings and can usually reply to queries within 1-2 days. C. Kite Reviews. Andrew Beattie (andrew@tug.com) has assumed ownership of this FAQ. 1. "What kite do I buy to learn on?" 2. Explanation of symbols used in Section 3 3. Reviews and comments about many stunt kites 4. Beaufort Scale D. Kite Plans. Compiled by Esben Collstrup, who is currently off-line, and posted by Simo Salanne (salanne@csc.fi). 1. Stunt kite plans published in magazines 2. Books (with comments) a. Stunt kite plans only b. Primarily single-line with a few stunt kite plans 3. Plans for individual kites (available for purchase) 4. Kits for stunt kites (available for purchase) E. Festival FAQ. Started and maintained by Chuck Sigal (cjsigal@netcom.com), it is a listing of kiting events worldwide. A short version will be posted monthly to the newsgroup. A long version (mailing address, etc.) is available from the archive (faq directory) and from ftp.netcom.com in pub/cjsigal. Send comments to: cjsigal@netcom.com subject: festival.faq comment Send submissions to: cjsigal@netcom.com Subject: festival.faq submission Please use this standard submission form. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: yy/dd/mm Till: yy/dd/mm Period: _ (A/M/B/W/O i.e. Annual Monthly Bi-Weekly Weekly Onetime) Name: ________________________________________ Location: ________________________________________ Place: ________________________________________ Country: __________ Contact: ________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________ Place: ________________________________________ Zip: __________ Country: __________ Voice: _______________ Fax: _______________ E-Mail: ______________________________