Photo Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire 21st July 2019

Parafoil 1990 (14 square metres)
George Ham profile
Weight: 4 kg

Windspeed 9mph Portsmouth 30/07/2022.
Windspeed 8mph Blackheath, 11/10/2020

Notes...

This kite was acquired by the team in 1990 (tbc)

Profile as measured.

Photo Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire 21st July 2019

The bridle needed re-building and some lines replaced. New connecting rings in stainless steel were fitted and the overall profile was measured, for the record. This was the second flight after the work was completed. (The first was on the previous weekend at Blackheath.) It was not possible to remove the rust marks from the sail that are visible in this image.

Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig, Phantastische Drachenwelt 1991/2
Illustrated Page 37

Lining up the planned replacement rings 25th June 2019

Transferring bridle lines to new rings 2nd July 2019

New top, middle and bottom bridle links 3rd July 2019

Replacement bridle lines tied in parallel 5th July 2019

The location was Hainault Forest, a Redbridge Borough facility and the project was under The Arts Council England funding for local Arts Projects.

"Fly High, Shine Bright" kiting event organised by Colours of Redbridge

A secondary tow line was set on the parafoil and used to bring the kite back into the designated area and land it when it became apparent that the line loading was uncomfortably high.

The Jørgen Møller Hansen
Parafoil 1990 was flown by The Decorators and friends alongside Paul Reynolds with his Pink Ribbon Kite.

Ashley Mottram and Martin Linford launched the kite with Philippe Comblé on the line.

The two Parafoils were flown along with the 1992 Rokkaku stack and Revolution kites.

Thanks to Lex Kraaijeveld for the launch image on Saturday 30th July 2022.

Thanks to Franca Perletti for these images from Portsmouth on Saturday 30th July 2022.

Jake decided to fly the smaller parafoil. Ashley helped with the launch building the cells at the edge of the window.

Jake did not last very long.
It does not take long to remember our friend.

Jake flew this kite from the bridle at Washington Tyne and Wear in 1991 alongside Jørgen as illustrated in Wolfgang Schimmelpfennig's book Phantastische Drachenwelt 1991/2.

The project today was to fly the two parafoils together. We started with the larger 1991 kite on about 50m of 4mm braided spectra. Once we had it in the air and it appeared settled we set about launching the smaller 1990 kite which was flown from the same ground anchor.

We did manage to capture a short section of flight on video and also some of the preparation of the kite sail for launch. Parafoils on Blackheath