Kite Biographies

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	Bob Ingraham Founder of the American Kitefliers Association, Bob was a central correspondent to the American kite world in the 1960s and 1970s, before a new... Read more
	Bob Maysmor Bob is the authority on Maori kites of New Zealand. His book Te Manu Tukutuku: The Maori Kite gives insight into the long and interesting... Read more
	Bob Mosier One of six members of Bill Lockhart’s honorary Junction Kite Club, Bob was a student of Bill Lockhart and Betty Street and became enamored... Read more
	Bobby Stanfield Bobby helped set the standard in American kite making with his exceptional cellular kites of the 1980s and early 1990s. Creating exciting shapes... Read more
	Brooks Leffler Brooks has been at the center of Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) in the United States since the 1980s. His publication, The Aerial Eye has become... Read more
	Bruce Lambert Active fighter kite flyer Lambert has written a book (Fighters, North American Single Line Sport Kites, 2000 Project), and hosts one of... Read more
	Buteo Huang Taiwanese interior designer Huang has come to kites with alarming energy. From traditional designs he now follows his own vision, with avant-garde... Read more
	Capitaine Madiot Madiot’s cellular kite, with an internal, umbrella-like structure, won the French competition for man-lifting systems in 1909. However,... Read more
	Carl Crowell Carl came to kites as a pastime during his student years at Oregon State University. He was a creative designer of the cross-deck and “wolf... Read more
	Charles Benton Professor of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, Benton has taken daring and beautiful aerial photos from kites. Technically... Read more