• Tal Streeter. Recalling two magical moments in kiting. (pgs. 3-4)
• Cambodia. After the holocaust, bringing kites back to life. (pgs. 5-7)
• Philippines. Orlando Ongkingco is "Mr. Kites" of the Philippines. (pgs. 8-10)
• Philippines. About Eulogio Catahan, a living national treasure. (pgs. 11-12)
• India. A Hindu religious festival is photographed from the air. (pg. 13)
• Japan. A portfolio of paintings by master Tatsusaburo Kato. (pgs. 14-15)
• Nepal. About kiteflying in this Himalayan country. (pg. 16)
• Underwater. Deep sea sounding explored in l909 science article. (pg. 17)
• Patents. Ed Grauel holds forth on French inventions. (pgs. 18-19)
• Richard Gimbel collection: Man's 5,000-year vision of human flight. (pg. 20)
• Samuel Cody. An English Web site devotes itself to the aerial pioneer. (pg. 21)
• Samuel Cody. N.Y. Times review of Garry Jenkins' book on Cody. (pg. 21)
• Ed Grauel. A research paper on center mast weighting. (pgs. 22)
• Korea. Fifteen century-old Korean fighters given to Drachen Foundation. (pg. 23)
• Antique kites. Researchers gather in Germany to discuss historic kites. (pgs. 24-25)
• Peter Lynn Jr. New Zealander recalls the exciting beginnings of kite sailing. (pgs. 26-27)
• Peter Lynn. The inventor talks about his customers and about kite traction myths. (pgs. 28-29)
• History. A book dating to 1558 gives information on kite building. (pg. 29)
• Smithsonian Institution. Historic 1876 trove of Chinese kites to be conserved. (pgs. 30-31)
• High altitude record. Richard Synergy flies a kite to a record altitude of 14,509 feet. (pgs. 32-33)
• Correspondence. Mail from around the world is received by the Drachen Foundation. (pgs. 34-35)

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