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22 October, 2008 TUTORIALS VIDEO TUTORIAL - BRIGHTENING PHOTOGRAPHS FAST
A video tutorial showing a quick and easy method to brighten dark photos you thought were hopeless.

TUTORIALS is a new menu item.

27 July, 2008 Basics Flash Graphical Lift Calc
An interactive Flash tool that shows graphically and in real time the relationship between; kite angle, rig angle and the weight of the rig.
4 August, 2006 Links 27 New Web Sites
14 Personal- Ahlman, Bieck(update), Bruce, Campbell, Fuengirola, Gareth, Roschach, Krynen, Newman, Noko, Panomaniac, Ramos, Wheeler, the Zitzmanns
6 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Aber (2), Boike/Yoshikawa, Diaz, Faliro, Various
2 KAP in School and Research- Kingston U., U. of Bonn, www.rtpnet.org
3 Commercial KAP Campbell, ElevatedPic.com, Leedam,
1 Kite Retailers On The Internet Amoka.com
1 Kite Plans On The Internet Casalboni-Hargrave Plans
1 August, 2006 Home KAP News Item -
JKPA ´06 Online Voting August 10-31.
23 July, 2006 Home AKA 2006 Best Kite Aerial Photograph Contest-
Rules and Deadline announced.
25 June, 2006 Home KAP News Item -
JKPA ´06 Entry Deadline announced.
27 May, 2006 Home New Featured KAPer -
Chun-Yen Chang, Taiwan
27 May 2006 Gallery Six Pictures in Gallery 24.   by Chun-Yen Chang.
27 May, 2006 Archives JKPA contest History
21 December 2005 Home "A Good Day
A Flash Animation with soundtrack.
24 November, 2005 Home KAPiCA/02 8-Volume DVD price slashed to $40 US.
14 November, 2005 Links 2 New Web Sites
2 Personal- Oldenburg, Stroeve
11 November, 2005 Links 14 New Web Sites
3 KAP INFO Resouces On The Net- Spanish Forum, French Forum, French Web Gallery
7 Personal- Angeleri, Bougeard, Cardoni, Coca, Gerard, Lawrence, Unknown
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Haefner
2 KAP in School and Research- Association Carnet de Vol, www.rtpnet.org
1 Commercial KAP Unique Aeriography (Rainer Breuer)
10 November, 2005 Links 5 New Web Sites
4 Personal- Giboulot, Kolomietz, Ostman, Szewczyk
1 Commercial KAP Southland Aerial Photography (Koral Ahmet)
10 November, 2005 Home New Featured KAPer -
Alexander Kolomietz, Russia
13 August, 2005 Home 2005 AKA Best Kite Aerial Photograph Contest Announcement -
AKA National Convention September 26-October 1, 2005
7 August, 2005 Basics New user comment for Dopero
01 June, 2005 Links 2 New Web Sites
2 Personal- Gregg, Grossman
Rig Database Updated - Grossman
31 May, 2005 Basics The Cradle Design Resources page
Changes to the layout design. No new entries at this time.
30 May, 2005 Links MORE USER FRIENDLY
The Person Web Sites listings can be sorted by name, country or language. The Links pages has a more user friendly look, with alternating background colors for each entry
12, May, 2005 Basics New user comment for Flow Form
15 April, 2005 Links 2 New Commercial Web Sites
KAPshop & Gentled
Not so new, but overlooked as separate commercial listings.
14 April, 2005 Links 7 New Web Sites
5 Personal- Ambagts, Garvey, Leedam, Steinkamp, Wilson
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Cawley
1 Commercial KAP Sky-Shoot (Omar Dziri)
New URLs for Gentles and Gispen
17 February, 2005 Home New Featured KAPer -
Carl Bigras, Canada
17 January, 2005 Basics Comparative Rig Lift Analysis
Online KAP performance graphing tool.
11 January, 2005 Links 3 New Web Sites
3 Personal- Haché, Unknown Russian, Unknown carla917
11 January, 2005 NEWS Announcement KAP Seminar -Paris, France, November, 2005
9 January, 2005 Links 2 New Web Sites
2 Personal- Cole, Gustafson
Rig Database Updated
5 January, 2005 Basics Kite Flying Around Wind Obstacles
13 December 2004 Links 5 New Web Sites
3 Personal- Cebeci, Gasse, Vladimir
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Richter
1 Commercial KAP- Altafoto.com
1 New URLs- Humez
12 December 2004 Home Witt's End:"The Fall Guy"
A Flash Animation of the untold story of KAP.
30 November, 2004 Basics The Cradle Design Resources page updated
Now includes all known cradle design information from all KAPers listed on links page. 200 entries total.
9 November 2004 Links 7 New Web Sites
5 Personal- Clinckemaille, Edesi, Jennings, Kerridge, Mutton
2 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Torrone, Unknown
2 New URLs- Beutnagel, Carroll
7 November 2004 Home New Featured KAPer -
Linnar Edesi, Finland
21 October 2004 Home KAPiCA/02 8-Volume DVD available again, Made-On-Demand Only.
9 September 2004 Links 1 New Web Site
1 Personal- Visser/van der Werff
11 July 2004 Links 1 New Web Site
1 Personal- Frear-Butterfield
29 June, 2004 Basics All the broken links on the Net Info Charts
on the Cradle Design Resources page have been removed. There are also about 16 new listings. Information from sites added to KAPER since August 2002 is still pending.
27 June, 2004 Basics Cradle Resources Page is now Database driven.
2 June, 2004 Basics New user comment for Rokkaku
30 April 2004 Basics New user comment for Delta Conyne
30 April 2004 Links 1 New Web Site
1 Personal- Diederich
28 April 2004 Home New Featured KAPer -
DAVE MITCHELL, U.K.
28 April 2004 Links 21 New Web Sites
1 KAP Info Resources- Australia Form
8 Personal- Ambers, Colonnier, Hurbain, Sarrazin, Schernau, Sherwin, Silver
1 New URLs- Burton
6 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Aber/Aber/Pavri, Bigras, Heafner/Bults, Knisely-Marpole(twice), Lawrence
2 KAP In Schools- Emporia State(twice)
4 KAP Parts and Supplies
13 April 2004 Links 2 New Web Sites
2 Personal- Carroll, Tugues
2 New URLs- Becot, Chamberlain
15 March, 2004 NEW New Site Design Made Public
16 November, 2003 NEWS Video Clips from the KAPiCA/02 Video
  by David Hunt
05 November 2003 Links Name Correction
1 Personal- Burt Pinbrook changed to Paul(Burt) Burton
02 November 2003 Links 27 New Web Sites
12 Personal- Crozier, Dennison, de Ruijter, Eikawa, Freeman, McCrossan, Meara, Mike & Laurie, Muhs, Pinbrook, Root, Unknown 8 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites
7 KAP In School and Research
3 KAPers with New URLs- Foster, Owens, Whitman
20 September 2003 Editorial New Letter from the Editor, and 2 letters to the Editor  
20 September, 2003 Links 1 New Web Site
1 Personal- Irvine
30 June, 2003 NEWS Announcement of upcoming release of KAPiCA/02 Video
  by David Hunt
25 May 2003 Links 2 New Web Sites
2 Personal- Cane, Mercouroff
25 March 2003 Links 10 New Web Sites
8 Personal- Clarke & Prince, Desavoye, Klar, Laur, Lyleire, Skibinski, Stump, Vinal
1 KAP In School and Research- Drachen Foundation
1 Commercial KAP- Hatzenbühler Photography
11 March, 2003 Article An Internet Interview With Nicolas Chorier
  by David Hunt
11 March 2003 Links 2 New Web Sites
2 Personal- Knisely-Marpole, Stephens
22 February, 2003 Article Crop Scouting
  by Richard Douglas
22 February 2003 Links 5 New Web Sites
3 Personal- All by Douglass
2 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites- Both about Douglass
20 February, 2003 Article RISK and KAP, Reflections by Craig Wilson
18 February 2003 Links 4 New Web Sites
3 Personal- Anderson, Bengtsson, Didier
1 Commercial KAP- Knisely-Marpole
8 January 2003 Links 1 New Web Site
1 Personal- Bieck
27 December, 2002 Article KAPiCA/02 Opening Ceremonies Friday
   by David Hunt
27 December 2002 Basics UPDATED - New comment for Mulitflare
27 December 2002 Links 2 New Web Sites
1 Personal- Mitchell
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites-Bermudez/Beltran
7 December 2002 Links 2 New Web Sites
1 Personal- Chorier
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites-Muhs
2 December, 2002 Gallery Three Pictures in Gallery 22.   by Randy Bollinger.
22 November, 2002 Gallery Seven Pictures in Gallery 21.   by Matt Tatham and John LaRocque.
21 November, 2002 Article KAPiCA/02 Photos from Elvie Hall
   by David Hunt
21 November, 2002 Gallery One Picture added to Gallery 20.   by Tom Nied.
14 November, 2002 Article KAPICA/02 Attendees
   by David Hunt
14 October, 2002 Gallery Five pictures in Gallery 20.   by Didier Finoel.
14 October 2002 Links 5 New Web Sites
5 Personal-Clements, Gentles, Kellar, Loibl, Strobeck
9 September 2002 Links 18 New Web Sites, 1 Updated URL
2 Personal-Ashea, Qualls
12 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites -Baumber, Harbord, de Ruijter (9 links), Giannopoulos, Scanlon, Unknown, Woldu, Yoon
1 KAP In School and Research- ICRISAT
3 Commercial KAP-British School at Athens, MTM Scientific, Thorson
1 Updated URL-Whitman
29 August 2002 Basics The Net Info Charts
on the Cradle Design Resources page have been brought completely up to date. There is information listed for 180 rigs from 97 different KAPers.
29 August, 2002 Links 1 New Web Site - KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites - Bults
26 August, 2002 Article Eisenbahnhochbrücke Rendsburg
   by Peter Bults and David Hunt
12 August 2002 Basics UDATED-Cradle Resources Info Page
to include new web sites added since October 2001.
11 August 2002 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
9 August 2002 Basics The Picavet (2 Pages)
6 August, 2002 Gallery Three pictures in Gallery 19.   by Manfred Fuchs.
17 July 2002 Links 23 New Web Sites, 3 Updated URLs
1 KAP Resources on the Net-German KAP Forum
10 Personal-Chapman, Coxhill, Beyer, Blomqvist, Den Herder, Jouin, Juergen, shared Lozko & Prokoshkin, Roe, Vansnickt
6 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites -Benton, Brownridge, Haworth, Murooka, Thurmond, van Gils
5 KAP In School and Research- Kansas Geo Survey, Pañstwowy Instytut Geologiczny, Purdue University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-E
1 Commercial KAP-Kite-Cam
3 Updated URLs-Craig, Mitchell, Kite Studio
2 July 2002 Links 2 New Web Sites
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites -Van Den Brink
1 KAP In School and Research-Zupancic
1 July, 2001 Contest JKPA Aerial Photo Contest 2002    Winners Announced
19 June 2002 Links 7 New Web Sites, 2 Changed URLs
2 Personal-Ganton, Leffler
4 KAP Parts and Supplies-Balsa Prod,Hobby People, Small Parts, Tower Hobbies
1 Electronics-Platraco.com
2 Changed URL-Castares, Leffler (commercial)
7 June, 2002 Article Video KAP for Licensed Hams
   by Dennis Foster
19 May 2002 Links 4 New Web Site, 1 Changed URL
3 Personal-Becot, Haefner, Ingles
1 KAP In School and Research-Science News Online
1 Changed URL-Stolk
12 May 2002 Basics Cheap KAP (1 Page + PDF file)
26 March 2002 Basics Batteries (5 Pages)
22 March, 2002 Article KAP connects us all - Topic: Shadows
   by Steve Eisenhauer
20 March, 2002 Editorial 1 New Letter To the Editor  
19 March, 2002 Article Picture Stitching Software
   by David Hunt
18 March, 2002 Article Tale of Two Extremes
   by Walter Anderson
18 March 2002 Gallery Five pictures in Gallery 17.   by Walter Anderson.
18 March 2002 Basics UPDATED - How Much Weight Can My Kite Lift?
Improved Charts and examples.
18 March 2002 Basics UPDATED - New comment and data for 13.5 Delta Conyne
4 March, 2002 Article My First Experience With KAP
   by Walter Anderson
10 February 2002 Editorial 1 New Letter To the Editor  
25 January 2002 Cradle Charts Charts Updated with New Features
25 January 2002 Old News Old Home Page News Items and Pictures
9 January 2002 Links 1 New Web Site
Kite Retailers on the Net-Peter Bults (Doperos built to order)
4 January 2002 Links 10 New Web Sites
3 KAPers Personal Web Sites -Craig, Kinney, Tarasenko
6 KAP In School and Research -Drexel, Académie de Bordeaux, Smithsonian, Adeel, Royal Ontario Museum, UC Santa Barbara
1 Commercial KAP - Dorrance Publishing
31 December 2001 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
30 December, 2001 Article KAP Rig Changelog
   by Michael Slater and Matthew Eldridge
13 December 2001 Gallery Five pictures in Gallery 16.   by Bob Brown and Gianni Alvito.
5 December 2001 Basics Digital Cameras  UPDATED to better assist the KAPer buying a digital camera.
5 December 2001 Links 4 New or Changed Web Sites
2 Updated Personal sites-Foster, Owens
1 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites -Hunt
1 Radio Control and Electronics - Thomas Distributing
21 November 2001 Links 7 New or Changed Web Sites
2 Updated Personal sites-Fuchs, Kroeger
3 KAP In School and Research -Banman, Coble, and Vopata
2 Cameras on the Net - Imaging Resource, Polaris
17 November, 2001 News 1 New News item    All 18 Issues of The Aerial Eye NOW on CD-ROM.
9 November, 2001 News 1 New News item    Home Town Boy Realizes Life Long Dream
03 November 2001 Links 1 New Web Site  
Personal- Hall
3 November 2001 Editorial 1 New Letter To the Editor  
30 October, 2001 Article The Vietnam Veterans National Memorial
   by David Hunt
25 October 2001 Links Moved Brooks Leffler to "Commercial KAP" added links to 7 more pics of rigs and kites from Brooks.
25 October 2001 Links 3 New Web Sites  
2 PERSONAL-Aspey, Freeland
2 (same article) KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites - Leffler/Wilson
23 October 2001 Basics KAP Cradle Design Resources  UPDATED with the new web sites posted since May 11, 2001
22 October 2001 Links 4 New Web Sites  
3 PERSONAL-Bertrand, Duyvis, Nied
1 KAPer Featured On Other Web Sites - Smith
21 October, 2001 Article UPDATE to Slow Pan Servo Modification    by Dennis Foster
21 October 2001 Editorial 3 New Letters To the Editor  
13 October 2001 Basics Wind Speed  Flag animations added
7 October 2001 Links 22 New Web Sites  
7 PERSONAL-Barascud, de Mooji, Foster, Miro, Owens, (Unknown), Musée Arthur BATUT
5 "Updated" PERSONAL- Bonati, Casalboni, Casellian, Focaccia, Malina
4 KAPers Featured On Other Web Sites - Aber, Ahmar, Chris, Louwers
3 KAP In School and Research - Arizona State University, Bass, KaAMS
3 Commercial KAP - regards.com, Riverview Photographics, Inc. , Scientific American
7 October 2001 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
7 October, 2001 Article The Penguin Flies    by David Hunt
5 October, 2001 Article Slow Pan Servo Modification    by Dennis Foster
5 October, 2001 News 1 New News item    Pekabe Pulleys Back In Production
5 October 2001 Links 8 New Web Sites  
6 PERSONAL-Benkenobi, Chamberlain, Dusariez, McGeachy, Stolk, Sykes
2 KAP PARTS AND SUPPLIES- Hobby Lobby, Worth Marine
2 August, 2001 Article The Penguin    by David Hunt
27 July 2001 Links 4 New Web Sites  
4 PERSONAL-Bayer, Castares, Jonkers, Mitchell
27 July 2001 Basics Wind Speed  
127 July 2001 Gallery Five pictures in Gallery 15.   by Henk Breedland.
19 July 2001 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
19 July 2001 Gallery Five pictures in Gallery 14.   by Matthias Kary.
7 July, 2001 Contest JKPA Aerial Photo Contest 2001    Winners Announced
7 July, 2001 News 1 New News item    Aerial Eye back issues partially on CD-ROM
7 July 2001 Gallery Three pictures in Gallery 12.   by Manfred Fuchs.
Seven Pictures in Gallery 13.  by Ulrich Monsees
18 June 2001 Editorial A New Letter to the Editor  
16 June 2001 Gallery Two pictures in Gallery 12.   by Brooks Leffler
14 June 2001 Links 1 New Web Site  
KAPers ON OTHER- Craig Wilson
14 June 2001 Editorial Three New Letters to the Editor  
14 June, 2001 News 1 New News item    KAP Articles In Print, Popular Photography and Digital Camera Magazines
12 June 2001 Links One Updated URL  
New Section - "KAP Parts and Supplies"
12 June, 2001 Contest JKPA Aerial Photo Contest 2001    See the results of the first round of voting.
12 June, 2001 News 2 New News items    Texas Timers, Dethermalizing timers & Henry Jebe Wins!!!
17 May 2001 Links 4 New Web Sites  
3 PERSONAL-Louwers, McManus, Williams
1 KAPers ON OTHER- Article by Mark Woodland, Photos by Brooks Leffler
12 May 2001 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
11 May 2001 Basics KAP Cradle Design Resources  
7 May, 2001 Article Converting the Futaba Skysport from 4 to 5 channel    by Frank Toorenburg
7 May, 2001 News 1 New News items    Update about KSB timers
7 May 2001 Links 2 New Web Sites  
Brocchini
Gassner
21 March 2001 Links 2 New Web Sites  
1 PERSONAL-Codoñer, Spain
1 OTHER-Wilson
19 March 2001 Basics Flow Form user comments   by Henry Jebe.
19 March, 2001 Contest JKPA Aerial Photo Contest 2001    Annual Japanese Kite Aerial Photography Photo Contest 2001
19 March, 2001 Events KAPiCA/02    email from Brooks Leffler
19 March, 2001 News 2 New News items    KSB timers, and Aerial Eye backissues
19 March 2001 Links 4 New Web Sites  
3 PERSONAL-Bermudez, Chagny, Hurbain
1 KAPers on OTHER- Montanaro
17 March, 2001 Article Experiences and Techniques    by David Woodhall
03 February, 2001 Article Two Step Trigger using PICmicro controller   by Manfred Fuchs
11 January 2001 Editorial Some editorial comments about JKPA Contest 2001  
19 December 2000 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
19 December 2000 Links 1 New Web Site  
PERSONAL-Matthias Kary, Germany
28 November 2000 Links 10 New Web Sites  
6 PERSONAL-Bouju, Gelezeau, Leffler, Leigh, Schmidt, and Tondellier
1 KAPers on OTHER- Flynn
2 Commercial KAP sites
-PLUS-a new category KAP Resources on the Net
With Peter Bults' -Digital Encyclopaedia of Kite Aerial Photography
09 November 2000 Links 5 New Web Sites  
3 PERSONAL-Djausal, Nickel, Van Gils
2 KAPers on OTHER- Foster, Malina
25 October 2000 Links 3 New Personal Web Sites  
Gostelow, Humez, Tondellier
17 October 2000 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
17 October 2000 Gallery Five pictures in Gallery 9.   by Manfred Fuchs
17 October 2000 Links 7 New Personal Web Sites  
Fuchs, Guy, Hetherington, Jebe, Taylor, Wohlleben, Unknown
17 September 2000 Links 2 New Web Sites  
1 PERSONAL-Williams
1 KAPers on OTHER- Wilson
16 September 2000 Gallery Four pictures in Gallery 8.   by Randy Bollinger
15 September 2000 Article LASS rig ADDENDUM    by David Hunt
15 September 2000 Links 5 New Web Sites  
2 PERSONAL-Johnson, Greenberg
2 KAPers on OTHER- Bollinger, Chorier
1 COMMERCIAL-Quincy
1 September 2000 Article The Digital Darkroom    by David Hunt
1 September 2000 Links 4 New Personal Web Sites  
Beattie, Hill, Stanford, and Stroeve
3 New Commercial Kap Web Sites
25 August 2000 Gallery One picture in Gallery 7.   by Gary Thurmond plus comments
24 August 2000 Links New Web Sites  
Gary Thurmond, in the personal section
Cary Clements, in the others section
Cris Benton, in the school section from a university related trip
Intellicast.com, in a new section for weather
22 August 2000 Gallery Six pictures in Gallery 6.   by Jean Edouard and Cris Benton
30 July 2000 Basics 360° Servo Conversions
30 July 2000 Links URL change   Pete Mikula.
30 June 2000 Gallery Four pictures in Gallery 5.   by Pete Mikula
29 June 2000 Article XCam2 Video Camera/Transmitter For Video KAP Use    by Kevin Flynn
29 June 2000 Links 1 New web site listed   Doug Whitman.
07 June 2000 Links 1 New web site listed   Kevin J. Baumber.
07 June 2000 Article Beginners Guide to KAP   by Ed Johnson
19 May 2000 Article UPDATE about LASS rig (page 6)   by David Hunt
18 May 2000 Editorial New Letter from the Editor  
18 May 2000 Article Under $10 KAP Solution   from Gary Vigue
2 May 2000 Editorial One New Letter to the Editor  
02 May 2000 Gallery One picture in Gallery 2.   by Thomas Winningham
29 April 2000 Links 1 New web site listed   Glenn Nelson.
29 April 2000 Editorial Two New Letters to the Editor  
29 April 2000 Article Never Say Die!   from Marvin Nauman
29 April 2000 Gallery Three pictures in Gallery 4.   by Kevin Flynn.
14 April 2000 Editorial NEW Editorial Page   Includes letters from readers.
14 April 2000 Links 1 New web site listed   George Malina.
07 April 2000 Gallery One picture in Gallery 2.   by Cris Benton.
07 April 2000 Links 1 New web site listed   Craig Wilson, KAPers on Others Web Site.
07 April 2000 Article FLiBB 2000   from Harald Prinzler
04 April 2000 Article The Other Photos   by David Bixby
26 March 2000 Article LASS, L-Angled Small System   by David Hunt
26 March 2000 Links 1 New web site listed   David VanZandt.
07 March 2000 Article Brooks Leffler Honored by the AKA.   by David Hunt
18 February 2000 Links 7 New web sites listed   5 personal, 2 others.
04 February 2000 Links 27 New web sites listed - Two new categories
04 February 2000 Basics Cooperative Kite Pull Experiment
23 January 2000 Basics How Much Weight Will Your Kite Lift?
23 January 2000 Links 14 New web sites listed   12 personal, 2 commercial.
15 January 2000 Links New personal sites listed   Breedland, Brown, Gispen, Pebly.
15 January 2000 Basics Dopero user comments   by Peter Bults.
11 January 2000 Gallery Eight New Pictures In Galleries 2 & 3.   by Richard Amirault.
09 January 2000 Gallery One New Picture.   by Bob Brown
09 January 2000 Article The Ultimate Kite Flying Experience?   by Marvin Nauman
27 December 1999 Article How To KAP For Under $20.   by David Hunt
Two new shutter release ideas.