• Nordic. Nine nations form federation. (pgs. 3-4)
• Book. Marten Bondestam of Finland writes about Better Kites. (pg. 5)
• Cervia. The Italian festival that has become a pilgrimage. (pgs. 6-8)
• Cervia. Brief profiles of six fliers (Iqbal Husain, Raoul Fosset, Kisa and Anke Sauer, Malcom Goodman, Danny Franck). (pgs. 9-13)
• Cervia. A photographic appreciation. (pgs. 14-15)
• Cervia. Boomerang kills 48-foot balloon. (pg. 16)
• Cervia. Hans Silvester debuts his ambitious book project. (pg. 17)
• Cave painting. Just how old is this recently discovered Indonesian work of art? (pg. 18)
• Cuba. Will Tefft flies Papelote fighters with the children of Havana. (pgs. 19-20)
• South Pole. Eric Muhs to send aerial photographs via Website. (pgs. 21-22)
• Rotary wing kite. U-boats used this novel device for observation during World War 11. (pg. 23)
• Blue Hill. Weather archive from observatory being saved. (pg. 24)
• French archive. Drachen Foundation organizes its French language documents. (pg. 25)
• Peter Lynn. New Zealander writes about kite sailing and tricks of world travel. (pgs. 25-29)
• Electricity generation. "Ladder" of kites used to tap energy from high altitude winds. (pgs. 29-31)
• Patents, trademarks, copyrights. Ed Grauel explains all to inventors. (pgs. 31-31)
• Antarctic. Two Belgians use traction kites to hurtle 168 miles in one day. (pgs. 32-33)
• Poem. An 18th century kite tribute by the author of Amazing Grace. (pg. 34)
• Puzzle. Test your word search skills. (pg. 35)
• Ed Grauel. American national treasure dies at 95. (pgs. 36-37)
• Reza Ragheb. Pioneer kitemaker in Colorado dies. (pgs. 38-39)
• Harold Writer. Drachen Foundation is given collection of Writer kites. (pgs. 39-40)
• Domina Jalbert. Author Tal Streeter remembers a brother of the wind. (pgs. 41-44)

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